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Sun Song

Sun and softness,
Sun and the beaten hardness of the earth,
Sun and the song of all the sun-stars
Gathered together,—
Dark ones of Africa,
I bring you my songs
To sing on the Georgia roads.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on February 1, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

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About Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Khaled Mattawa is the Guest Editor of December. Read or listen to a Q&A with Mattawa about his curatorial process, and learn more about the 2025 Guest Editors. Support Poem-a-Day.  

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Previous Poems

Title Author Date
Untitled [A house just like his mother’s] Gregory Orr 04/11/2012
The Other Side of the River Xi Chuan 04/10/2012
Ascension John Donne 04/08/2012
Darling, You Are the World's Fresh Ornament Laura Cronk 04/07/2012
Night Blooming Jasmine Giovanni Pascoli 04/06/2012
Ground Birds in Open Country Stanley Plumly 04/05/2012
Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah Patricia Smith 04/04/2012
Ghost Elephants Jean Valentine 04/03/2012
Kitchen Maid with Supper at Emmaus, or The Mulata Natasha Trethewey 04/02/2012
The Everyday Enchantment of Music Mark Strand 04/01/2012

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