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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Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1077
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1078
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1079
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1080
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1081
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1082
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1083
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1084
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1085
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1086
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1087
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1088
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1089
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1090
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1091
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1092
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1093
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1094
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1095
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1096
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1097
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1098
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1099
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1100
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min