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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Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
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Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
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Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
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Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
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Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
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Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
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Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
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Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
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Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
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Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
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Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
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Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1663
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
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Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
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Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
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Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1667
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
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Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
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Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1670
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
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Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
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Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
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Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
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Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min