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.
1401
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1402
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1403
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1404
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1405
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1406
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1407
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1408
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1409
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1410
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1411
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1412
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1413
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1414
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1415
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1416
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1417
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1418
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1419
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1420
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1421
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1422
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1423
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1424
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1425
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min