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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George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1752
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1753
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1754
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1755
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1756
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1757
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1758
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1759
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1760
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1761
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1762
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1763
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1764
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1765
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1766
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1767
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1768
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1769
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1770
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1771
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1772
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1773
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1774
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1775
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min