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