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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Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
802
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
803
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
804
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
805
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
806
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
807
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
808
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
809
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
810
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
811
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
812
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
813
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
814
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
815
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
816
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
817
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
818
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
819
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
820
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
821
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
822
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
823
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
824
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
825
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min