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.
2076
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
2077
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2078
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2079
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2080
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2081
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2082
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2083
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2084
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2085
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2086
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2087
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2088
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2089
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2090
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2091
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2092
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2093
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2094
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2095
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2096
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2097
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2098
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2099
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2100
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min