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.
1801
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1802
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1803
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1804
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1805
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1806
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1807
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1808
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1809
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1810
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1811
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1812
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1813
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1814
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1815
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1816
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1817
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1818
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1819
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1820
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1821
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1822
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1823
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1824
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1825
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min