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.
1726
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1727
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1728
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1729
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1730
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1731
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1732
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1733
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1734
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1735
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1736
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1737
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1738
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1739
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1740
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1741
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1742
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1743
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1744
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1745
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1746
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1747
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1748
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1749
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1750
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min