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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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
Recorded by Tracy K. Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 8, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4908/03/2021
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 7, 2021. www.poets.org
03:0107/03/2021
Linda Hogan: "Map"
Recorded by Linda Hogan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 6, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0706/03/2021
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
Recorded by Deborah A. Miranda for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 5, 2021. www.poets.org
05:1705/03/2021
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
Recorded by Aldo Amparán for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 4, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3204/03/2021
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
Recorded by Corrinne Clegg Hales for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 3, 2021. www.poets.org
07:0603/03/2021
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
Recorded by Hera Naguib for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 2, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4902/03/2021
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
Recorded by Như Xuân Nguyễn for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 1, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5401/03/2021
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sasha Pimentel
Recorded by Sasha Pimentel and Academy of American Poets Staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 28, 2021. www.poets.org
15:4228/02/2021
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 28, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2228/02/2021
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 27, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3427/02/2021
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
Recorded by Ishmael Reed for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 26, 2021. www.poets.org
06:3026/02/2021
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled Labor"
Recorded by Xandria Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 25, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3325/02/2021
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
Recorded by Yesenia Montilla for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 24, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1024/02/2021
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
Recorded by Quincy Troupe for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 23, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1423/02/2021
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
Recorded by Jacqueline Jones LaMon for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 22, 2021. www.poets.org
05:4122/02/2021
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 21, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5821/02/2021
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 20, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2420/02/2021
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Maritza Soto Has Already Discovered Three Planets"
Recorded by Vincent Toro for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 19, 2021. www.poets.org
08:0019/02/2021
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
Recorded by Kwame Dawes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 18, 2021. www.poets.org
08:3418/02/2021
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
Recorded by Canisia Lubrin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 17, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3717/02/2021
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
Recorded by Rickey Laurentiis for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 16, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3116/02/2021
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
Recorded by Dante Micheaux for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 15, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2415/02/2021
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 14, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4714/02/2021
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 13, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3013/02/2021
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
Recorded by Lauren K. Alleyne for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 12, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1412/02/2021
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
Recorded by Toi Derricotte for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 11, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4711/02/2021
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
Recorded by Rachel Eliza Griffiths for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 10, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4110/02/2021
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
Recorded by Willie Perdomo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 9, 2021. www.poets.org
05:3509/02/2021
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
Recorded by Marcus Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 8, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2708/02/2021
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 7, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3007/02/2021
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
Recorded by Gabrielle Marshall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 6, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5506/02/2021
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
Recorded by Marilyn Nelson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 5, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0605/02/2021
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
Recorded by Omotara James for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 4, 2021. www.poets.org
06:4704/02/2021
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retratos de cosas locas y de locos (stolen)"
Recorded by Patricia Spears Jones for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 3, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3003/02/2021
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
Recorded by Kamilah Aisha Moon for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 2, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5002/02/2021
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thing from Beauty, Describe the Difference"
Recorded by Carl Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 1, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1501/02/2021
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 31, 2021. www.poets.org
01:3231/01/2021
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
Recorded by Mina King for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 31, 2021. www.poets.org
04:0030/01/2021
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty supply by Halsted Indoor Mall"
Recorded by Nate Marshall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 29, 2021. www.poets.org
01:5229/01/2021
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
Recorded by Jenny Zhang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 28, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1328/01/2021
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
Recorded by Tarfia Faizullah for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 27, 2021. www.poets.org
01:3227/01/2021
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
Recorded by Phillip B. Williams for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 26, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2426/01/2021
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
Recorded by Hayan Charara for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 25, 2021. www.poets.org
01:5125/01/2021
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 24, 2021. www.poets.org
01:5424/01/2021
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
Recorded by Hallie Knight for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 23, 2021. www.poets.org
01:4623/01/2021
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
Recorded by Momtaza Mehri for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 22, 2021. www.poets.org
05:3722/01/2021
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is Asked"
Recorded by Sadia Hassan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 21, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4821/01/2021
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden Records, Track Five: 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'”
Recorded by Sumita Chakraborty for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 20, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4020/01/2021
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
Recorded by Eloisa Amezcua for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 19, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4519/01/2021