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
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1752
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1753
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1754
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1755
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1756
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1757
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1758
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1759
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1760
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1761
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1762
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1763
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1764
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1765
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1766
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1767
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1768
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1769
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1770
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1771
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1772
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1773
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1774
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1775
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min