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.
1826
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1827
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1828
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1829
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1830
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1831
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1832
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1833
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1834
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1835
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1836
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1837
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1838
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1839
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1840
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1841
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1842
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1843
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1844
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1845
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1846
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1847
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1848
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1849
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1850
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min