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