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.
1626
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1627
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1628
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1629
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1630
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1631
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1632
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1633
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1634
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1635
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1636
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1637
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1638
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1639
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1640
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1641
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1642
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1643
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1644
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1645
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1646
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1647
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1648
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1649
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1650
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min