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
1227
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1228
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1229
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1230
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1231
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1232
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1233
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1234
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1235
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1236
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1237
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1238
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1239
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1240
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1241
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1242
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1243
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1244
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1245
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1246
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1247
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1248
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1249
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1250
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min