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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Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
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Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1678
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1679
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1680
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1681
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1682
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1683
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1684
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1685
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1686
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1687
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1688
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1689
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1690
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1691
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1692
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1693
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1694
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1695
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1696
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1697
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1698
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1699
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
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David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min