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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Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
902
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
903
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
904
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
905
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
906
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
907
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
908
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
909
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
910
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
911
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
912
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
913
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
914
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
915
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
916
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
917
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
918
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
919
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
920
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
921
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
922
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
923
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
924
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
925
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min