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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avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1177
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1178
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1179
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1180
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1181
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1182
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1183
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1184
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1185
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1186
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1187
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1188
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1189
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1190
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1191
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1192
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1193
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1194
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1195
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1196
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1197
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1198
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1199
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1200
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min