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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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
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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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Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
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Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
991
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
992
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
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H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
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John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
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Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
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Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
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Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
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Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
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Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
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Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min