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