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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Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
927
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
928
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
929
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
930
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
931
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
932
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
933
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
934
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
935
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
936
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
937
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
938
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
939
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
940
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
941
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
942
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
943
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
944
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
945
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
946
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
947
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
948
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
949
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
950
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min