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.
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Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
927
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
928
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
929
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
930
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
931
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
932
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
933
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
934
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
935
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
936
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
937
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
938
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
939
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
940
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
941
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
942
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
943
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
944
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
945
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
946
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
947
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
948
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
949
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
950
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min