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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John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
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Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1653
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1654
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1655
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1656
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1657
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1658
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1659
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1660
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1661
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1662
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1663
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1664
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1665
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1666
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1667
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1668
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1669
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1670
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1671
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1672
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1673
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1674
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1675
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min