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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Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
202
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
203
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
204
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
205
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
206
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
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Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
208
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
209
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
210
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
211
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
212
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
213
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
214
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
215
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
216
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
217
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
218
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
219
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
220
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
221
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
222
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
223
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
224
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
225
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min