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