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 Thea Matthews. 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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Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
877
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
878
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
880
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
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Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
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Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
883
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
884
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
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Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
886
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
887
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
888
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
889
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
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Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
891
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
892
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
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Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
894
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
895
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
896
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
897
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
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Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
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Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
900
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min