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.
1176
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1177
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1178
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1179
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1180
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1181
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1182
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1183
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1184
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1185
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1186
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1187
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1188
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1189
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1190
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1191
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1192
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1193
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1194
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1195
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1196
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1197
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1198
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1199
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1200
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min