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.
926
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
927
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
928
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
929
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
930
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
931
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
932
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
933
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
934
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
935
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
936
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
937
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
938
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
939
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
940
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
941
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
942
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
943
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
944
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
945
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
946
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
947
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
948
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
949
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
950
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min