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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Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
777
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
778
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
779
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
780
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
781
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
782
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
783
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
784
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
785
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
786
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
787
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
788
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
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Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
790
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
791
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
792
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
793
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
794
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
795
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
796
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
797
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
798
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
799
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
800
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min