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.
1776
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1777
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1778
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1779
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1780
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1781
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1782
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1783
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1784
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1785
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1786
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1787
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1788
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1789
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1790
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1791
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1792
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1793
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1794
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1795
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1796
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1797
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1798
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1799
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1800
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min