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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Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1777
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1778
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1779
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1780
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1781
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1782
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1783
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1784
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1785
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1786
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1787
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1788
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1789
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1790
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1791
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1792
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1793
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1794
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1795
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1796
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1797
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1798
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1799
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1800
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min