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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Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1627
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1628
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1629
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1630
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1631
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1632
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1633
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1634
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1635
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1636
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1637
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1638
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1639
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1640
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1641
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1642
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1643
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1644
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1645
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1646
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1647
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1648
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1649
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1650
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min