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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Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1627
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1628
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1629
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1630
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1631
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1632
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1633
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1634
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1635
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1636
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1637
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1638
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1639
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1640
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1641
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1642
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1643
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1644
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1645
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1646
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1647
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1648
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1649
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1650
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min