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
John S. Blake: "No Room to Form"
3 min
1402
Charif Shanahan: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
1403
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Slow through the Dark"
2 min
1404
Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"
3 min
1405
Adrian Matejka: "October Sonnet"
2 min
1406
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1407
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1408
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1409
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1410
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1411
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1412
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1413
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1414
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1415
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1416
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1417
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1418
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1419
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1420
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1421
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1422
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1423
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1424
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1425
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min