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.
1626
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1627
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1628
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1629
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1630
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1631
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1632
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1633
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1634
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1635
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1636
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1637
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1638
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1639
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1640
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1641
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1642
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1643
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1644
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1645
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1646
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1647
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1648
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1649
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1650
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min