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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Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
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Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
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Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
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Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
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Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
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Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
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Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
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Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
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Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
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Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
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Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
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Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
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Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
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Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
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Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
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Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
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Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
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Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
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Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
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Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
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Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
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Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
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Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
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Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min