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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Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
727
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
728
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
729
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
730
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
731
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
732
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
733
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
734
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
735
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
736
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
737
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
738
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
739
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
740
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
741
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
742
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
743
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
744
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
745
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
746
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
747
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
748
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
749
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
750
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min