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
1277
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1278
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1279
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1280
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1281
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1282
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1283
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1284
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1285
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1286
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1287
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1288
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1289
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1290
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1291
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1292
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1293
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1294
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1295
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1296
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1297
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1298
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1299
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
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Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min