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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Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1177
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1178
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1179
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1180
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1181
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1182
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1183
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1184
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1185
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1186
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1187
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1188
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
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Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1190
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1191
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1192
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1193
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1194
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1195
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1196
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1197
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1198
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
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Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1200
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min