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
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1152
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1153
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1154
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1155
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1156
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1157
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1158
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1159
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1160
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1161
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1162
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1163
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1164
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1165
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1166
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1167
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1168
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1169
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1170
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1171
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1172
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1173
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1174
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1175
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min