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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avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
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Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
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Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
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Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
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Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
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francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
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Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
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Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
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Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
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Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
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Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
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Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
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Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
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Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
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Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
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Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
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Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
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Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
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Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
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Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
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Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
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Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
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Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min