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.
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Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
2152
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2153
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2154
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2155
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2156
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
2157
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
2158
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
2159
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
2160
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
2161
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
2162
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
2163
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
2164
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
2165
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
2166
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
2167
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2168
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2169
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2170
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2171
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2172
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2173
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2174
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2175
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min