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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Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1627
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1628
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1629
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1630
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1631
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1632
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1633
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1634
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1635
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1636
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1637
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1638
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1639
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1640
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1641
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1642
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1643
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1644
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1645
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1646
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1647
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1648
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1649
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1650
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min