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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Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1377
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1378
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1379
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1380
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1381
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1382
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1383
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1384
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1385
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1386
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1387
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1388
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1389
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1390
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1391
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1392
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1393
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1394
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1395
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1396
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1397
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1398
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1399
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
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Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min