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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John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
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Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
978
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
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Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
980
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
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Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
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Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
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Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
984
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
985
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
987
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
988
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
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Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
990
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
991
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
992
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
993
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
994
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
995
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
996
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
997
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
998
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
999
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
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Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min