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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Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2227
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2228
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2229
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2230
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2231
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2232
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2233
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2234
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2235
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2236
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2237
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2238
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2239
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2240
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2241
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2242
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2243
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2244
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2245
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2246
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2247
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2248
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2249
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2250
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min