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
1327
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1328
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1329
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1330
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
1335
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
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Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1337
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1338
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1339
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1340
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1341
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1342
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1343
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1344
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1345
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1346
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1347
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1348
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1349
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1350
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min