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
2152
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2153
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2154
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2155
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2156
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2157
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2158
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2159
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2160
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2161
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2162
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2163
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2164
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2165
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2166
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2167
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2168
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2169
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2170
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2171
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2172
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2173
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2174
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2175
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min