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.
1226
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1227
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1228
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1229
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1230
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1231
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1232
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1233
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1234
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1235
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1236
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1237
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1238
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1239
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1240
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1241
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1242
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1243
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1244
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1245
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1246
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1247
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1248
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1249
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1250
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min