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 Thea Matthews. 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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Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1627
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1628
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1629
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1630
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1631
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1632
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1633
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1634
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1635
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1636
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1637
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1638
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1639
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1640
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1641
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1642
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1643
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1644
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1645
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1646
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1647
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1648
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1649
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1650
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min