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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Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1327
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1328
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1329
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1330
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1331
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1332
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1333
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1334
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1335
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1336
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1337
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1338
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1339
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1340
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1341
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1342
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1343
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1344
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1345
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1346
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1347
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1348
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1349
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1350
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min