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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Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
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jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
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Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
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Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
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Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
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Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
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Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
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Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
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Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
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Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
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Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
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Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
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Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
90
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
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Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
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Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
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Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
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Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
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A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
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Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
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Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
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Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
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Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
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Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min