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.
1076
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1077
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1078
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1079
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1080
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1081
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1082
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1083
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1084
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1085
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1086
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1087
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1088
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1089
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1090
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1091
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1092
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1093
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1094
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1095
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1096
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1097
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1098
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1099
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1100
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min