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