Poem-A-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 200 new, previously unpublished poems by today's talented poets each year. On weekdays, poems are accompanied by exclusive commentary by the poets. The series highlights classic poems on weekends. Launched in 2006, Poem-a-Day is now distributed via email, web, and social media to 350,000+ readers free of charge and is available for syndication by King Features.
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In Particular
In Particular
What loin-cloth, what rag of wrong
Unpriced?
What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we’ve worshipped you a little
More than Christ.
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
previous poems
date |
title | author |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2016 | Someone | Joseph O. Legaspi |
| September 29, 2016 | The Permanent Way | Meg Day |
| September 28, 2016 | My Sadness | Campbell McGrath |
| September 27, 2016 | The Lost Woods as Elegy for Black Childhood | Derrick Austin |
| September 26, 2016 | Omens | Cecilia Llompart |
| September 24, 2016 | Sunset | E. E. Cummings |
| September 24, 2016 | To Joseph Lee | Angelina Weld Grimké |
| September 23, 2016 | Electrons | Ruth Madievsky |
| September 22, 2016 | Landscape with Clinic and Oracle | Lynn Melnick |
| September 21, 2016 | Shared Plight | Kamilah Aisha Moon |