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 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.
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Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
502
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
503
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
504
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
505
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
506
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
507
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
508
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
509
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
510
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
511
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
512
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
513
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
514
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
515
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
516
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
517
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
518
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
519
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
520
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
521
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
522
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
523
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
524
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
525
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min