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.
1801
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1802
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1803
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1804
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1805
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1806
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1807
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1808
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1809
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1810
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1811
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1812
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1813
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1814
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1815
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1816
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1817
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1818
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1819
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1820
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1821
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1822
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1823
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1824
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1825
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min