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