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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Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
2177
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
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Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2183
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2184
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2185
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2186
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2187
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2188
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2189
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
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Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2191
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2192
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2193
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2194
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2195
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2196
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2197
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2198
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2199
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
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John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min