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