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.
1201
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1202
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1203
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1204
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1205
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1206
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1207
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1208
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1209
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1210
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1211
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1212
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1213
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1214
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1215
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1216
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1217
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1218
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1219
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1220
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1221
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1222
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1223
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1224
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1225
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min