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.
1701
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1702
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1703
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1704
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1705
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1706
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1707
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1708
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1709
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1710
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1711
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1712
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1713
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1714
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1715
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1716
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1717
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1718
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1719
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1720
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1721
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1722
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1723
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1724
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1725
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min