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.
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Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1577
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1578
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1579
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1580
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1581
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
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Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1583
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1584
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1585
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1586
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1587
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1588
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1589
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1590
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1591
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1592
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1593
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1594
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1595
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1596
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1597
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
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Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1599
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
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Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min