Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1551
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1552
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1553
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1554
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1555
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1556
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1557
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1558
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1559
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1560
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1561
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1562
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1563
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1564
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1565
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1566
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1567
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1568
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1569
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1570
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1571
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1572
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1573
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1574
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1575
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min