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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James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
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Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
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Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
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Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
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Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
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Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
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Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
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Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
510
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
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jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
512
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
513
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
514
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
515
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
516
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
517
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
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Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
519
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
520
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
521
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
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Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
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Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
524
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
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Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min