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.
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Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2127
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2128
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2129
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2130
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2131
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2132
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2133
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2134
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2135
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2136
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2137
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2138
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2139
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2140
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2141
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2142
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2143
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2144
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2145
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2146
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2147
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2148
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2149
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2150
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min