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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Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1577
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1578
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1579
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1580
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1581
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1582
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1583
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1584
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1585
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1586
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1587
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1588
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1589
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1590
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1591
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1592
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1593
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1594
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1595
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1596
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1597
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1598
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1599
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1600
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min