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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Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1652
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1653
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1654
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1655
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1656
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1657
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1658
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1659
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1660
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1661
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1662
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1663
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1664
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1665
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1666
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1667
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1668
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1669
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1670
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1671
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1672
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1673
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1674
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1675
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min