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.
1151
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1152
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1153
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1154
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1155
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1156
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1157
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1158
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1159
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1160
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1161
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1162
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1163
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1164
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1165
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1166
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1167
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1168
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1169
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1170
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1171
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1172
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1173
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1174
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1175
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min