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.
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Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1752
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1753
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1754
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1755
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1756
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1757
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1758
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1759
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1760
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1761
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1762
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1763
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1764
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1765
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1766
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1767
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1768
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1769
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1770
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1771
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1772
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1773
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1774
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1775
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min