Poem-a-Day

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Poem-a-day

With shadowy pen I write,
Till time be done,
Good news of some strange light,
Some far off sun.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on October 18, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

Title	Author	Date
Another Song [Are they shadows that we see?]	Samuel Daniel
The Aged Pilot Man	Mark Twain
The Miracle	Philip M. Raskin
From “The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude” (35)	Albery Allson Whitman
West Coast Sounds—1956	Bob Kaufman
The Only Work	Glyn Maxwell
The Wild Star	Witter Bynner
Sick Room	Langston Hughes
Gospel	Philip Levine
Lo! In the orient when the gracious light (Sonnet 7)	William Shakespeare