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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Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1627
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1628
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1629
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1630
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1631
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1632
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1633
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1634
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1635
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1636
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1637
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1638
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1639
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1640
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1641
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1642
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1643
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1644
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1645
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1646
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1647
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1648
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1649
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1650
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min