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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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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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
679
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
680
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
681
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
682
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
683
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
684
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
685
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
686
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
687
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
688
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
689
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
690
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
691
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
692
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
695
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
698
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
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Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
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Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min