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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
1627
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1628
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1629
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1630
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1631
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1632
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1633
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1634
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1635
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1636
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1637
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1638
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1639
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1640
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1641
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1642
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1643
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1644
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1645
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1646
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1647
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1648
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1649
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1650
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min