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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Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
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Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
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Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
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James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
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Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2181
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2182
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2183
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2184
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2185
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2186
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2187
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2188
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2189
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
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Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2191
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2192
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2193
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2194
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2195
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2196
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2197
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2198
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2199
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
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Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min