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.
1001
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1002
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1003
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1004
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1005
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1006
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1007
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1008
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1009
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1010
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1011
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1012
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1013
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1014
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1015
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1016
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1017
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1018
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1019
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1020
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1021
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1022
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1023
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1024
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1025
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min