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.
1026
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1027
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1028
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1029
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1030
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1031
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1032
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1033
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1034
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1035
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1036
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1037
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1038
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1039
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1040
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1041
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1042
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1043
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1044
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1045
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1046
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1047
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1048
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1049
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1050
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min