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
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
1027
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
1028
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
1029
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
1030
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
1031
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
1032
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
1033
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
1034
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
1035
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
1036
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
1037
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
1038
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
1039
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
1040
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
1041
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
1042
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
1043
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
1044
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
1045
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
1046
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
1047
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
1048
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
1049
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
1050
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min