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
1252
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1253
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1254
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1255
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1256
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1257
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1258
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1259
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1260
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1261
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1262
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1263
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1264
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1265
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1266
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1267
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1268
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1269
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1270
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1271
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1272
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1273
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1274
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1275
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min