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
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1627
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1628
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1629
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1630
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1631
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1632
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1633
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1634
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1635
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1636
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1637
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1638
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1639
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1640
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1641
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1642
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1643
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1644
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1645
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1646
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1647
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1648
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1649
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1650
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min