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.
901
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
902
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
903
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
904
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
905
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
906
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
907
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
908
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
909
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
910
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
911
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
912
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
913
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
914
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
915
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
916
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
917
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
918
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
919
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
920
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
921
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
922
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
923
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
924
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
925
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min