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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Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
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Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2203
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2204
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
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Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2206
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
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A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2208
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
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Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
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Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
2211
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
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Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
2213
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
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Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2215
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2216
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
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Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2218
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
2219
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
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Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
2221
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
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Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
2223
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
2224
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
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Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min