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.
1851
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1852
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1853
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1854
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1855
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1856
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1857
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1858
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1859
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1860
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1861
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1862
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1863
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1864
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1865
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1866
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1867
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1868
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1869
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1870
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1871
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1872
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1873
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1874
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1875
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min