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.
1751
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1752
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1753
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1754
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1755
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1756
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1757
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1758
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1759
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1760
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1761
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1762
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1763
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1764
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1765
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1766
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1767
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1768
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1769
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1770
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1771
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1772
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1773
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1774
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1775
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min