Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by th

Episodes

Total: 1816

Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinction as Theme in Basquiat’s 'Pez Dispenser, 1984'"
2020/6/23

Recorded by Kristina Kay Robinson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets

Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2020/6/22

Recorded by Elizabeth Acevedo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Pu

Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
2020/6/21

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Langston Hughes: "My People"
2020/6/20

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2020/6/19

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
2020/6/18

Recorded by Pamela Sneed for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publish

Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation Well"
2020/6/17

Recorded by Porsha Olayiwola for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Pub

Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of the World—and the Beginning"
2020/6/16

Recorded by Roger Reeves for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publish

Angelo Geter: "Praise"
2020/6/15

Recorded by Angelo Geter for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publish

Elizabeth Curtis Holman : "After a Reading of 'Darkwater'”
2020/6/14

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Douce Souvenance"
2020/6/13

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung: from "Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters"
2020/6/12

Recorded by Yusef Komunyakaa and Laren McClung for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of A

Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to History"
2020/6/11

Recorded by Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Americ

Donte Collins: "they need some of us to die"
2020/6/10

Recorded by Donte Collins for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publis

Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult Names"
2020/6/9

Recorded by Assétou Xango for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publis

Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2020/6/8

Recorded by Saretta Morgan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publi

James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old"
2020/6/7

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
2020/6/6

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of Amer

Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2020/6/5

Recorded by Helen Dimos for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Publishe

Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2020/6/4

Recorded by Tiana Reid for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published