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.
1051
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1052
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1053
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1054
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1055
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1056
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1057
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1058
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1059
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1060
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1061
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1062
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1063
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1064
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1065
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1066
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1067
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1068
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1069
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1070
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1071
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1072
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1073
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1074
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1075
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min