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