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.
2401
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
2402
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2403
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2404
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2405
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2406
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
2407
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
2408
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
2409
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min
2410
Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2 min
2411
Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of '...
1 min
2412
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
1 min
2413
Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Tradi...
6 min
2414
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to ...
16 min
2415
Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2 min
2416
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
2417
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2418
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2419
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2420
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2421
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2422
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2423
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2424
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2425
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min