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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Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
2152
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
2153
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
2154
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2155
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2156
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2157
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2158
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2159
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2160
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2161
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2162
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2163
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
2164
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2165
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
2166
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
2167
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
2168
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
2169
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
2170
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
2171
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2172
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2173
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2174
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2175
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min