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
1652
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1653
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1654
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1655
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1656
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1657
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1658
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1659
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1660
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1661
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1662
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1663
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1664
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1665
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
1666
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
1667
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
1668
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
1669
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
1670
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min
1671
June Jordan: "On Time Tanka"
4 min
1672
Willie Perdomo: "Haikus"
5 min
1673
Marcus Jackson: "What of Fire?"
2 min
1674
Countee Cullen: "For a Poet"
2 min
1675
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min