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
552
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
553
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
554
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
555
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
556
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
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Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
558
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
559
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
560
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
561
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
562
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
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Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
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Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
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Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
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Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
567
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
568
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
569
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
570
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
571
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
572
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
573
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
574
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
575
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min