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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.
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
Recorded by Nabila Lovelace for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 21, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1921/08/2020
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
Recorded by Natasha Oladokun for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 20, 2020. www.poets.org
03:3620/08/2020
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a superfund site"
Recorded by makalani bandele for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 19, 2020. www.poets.org
02:4319/08/2020
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
Recorded by Taylor Johnson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 18, 2020. www.poets.org
02:0918/08/2020
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
Recorded by Ashley M. Jones for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 17, 2020. www.poets.org
03:3217/08/2020
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 16, 2020. www.poets.org
01:1016/08/2020
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 15, 2020. www.poets.org
01:3215/08/2020
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
Recorded by Lauren K. Alleyne for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 14, 2020. www.poets.org
04:5014/08/2020
Kate Rushin : "Venus & Serena Play Doubles On Center Court"
Recorded by Kate Rushin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 13, 2020. www.poets.org
03:3013/08/2020
Jacqueline Woodson: "Absolute"
Recorded by Jacqueline Woodson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 12, 2020. www.poets.org
02:5712/08/2020
Antoinette Brim-Bell: "Duplex: Black Mamas Praying"
Recorded by Antoinette Brim-Bell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 11, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1911/08/2020
Kortney Morrow: "American Girl Dolls Attend Mandatory Diversity Training"
Recorded by Kortney Morrow for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 10, 2020. www.poets.org
04:1010/08/2020
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "The Black Queen"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 8, 2020. www.poets.org
01:2609/08/2020
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: "Songs for the People"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 8, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1208/08/2020
Nikki Grimes: "You Still Dream"
Recorded by Nikki Grimes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 7, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1707/08/2020
Dawn Lundy Martin: From “Perspective is Supposed to Yield Clarity”
Recorded by Dawn Lundy Martin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 6, 2020. www.poets.org
02:2806/08/2020
Micah Daniels: "The Secret of Youth"
Recorded by Micah Daniels for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 5, 2020. www.poets.org
01:5405/08/2020
Rhonda M. Ward: "Legacy"
Recorded by Rhonda M. Ward for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 4, 2020. www.poets.org
03:0504/08/2020
Kara Jackson: "fleeing"
Recorded by Kara Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 3, 2020. www.poets.org
01:5703/08/2020
Ann Plato: "Forget Me Not"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 2, 2020. www.poets.org
02:5802/08/2020
Irvin W. Underhill: "Solitude"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1201/08/2020
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "I Do Not Know the Spelling of Money"
Recorded by Tongo Eisen-Martin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2020. www.poets.org
03:1331/07/2020
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
Recorded by L. Ash Williams for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 30, 2020. www.poets.org
02:5930/07/2020
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the backyard:"
Recorded by Barbara Fant for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 29, 2020. www.poets.org
02:4429/07/2020
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
Recorded by Jason Reynolds for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 28, 2020. www.poets.org
02:2628/07/2020
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
Recorded by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 27, 2020. www.poets.org
03:1827/07/2020
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 26, 2020. www.poets.org
00:5726/07/2020
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 25, 2020. www.poets.org
01:3125/07/2020
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine Speaks"
Recorded by Crystal Valentine for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 24, 2020. www.poets.org
04:3224/07/2020
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
Recorded by Luther Hughes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 23, 2020. www.poets.org
04:4323/07/2020
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’t stop, ‘cause we can’t stop.’"
Recorded by Rasheed Copeland for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 22, 2020. www.poets.org
02:3522/07/2020
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
Recorded by Yesenia Montilla for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 21, 2020. www.poets.org
03:4721/07/2020
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
Recorded by Jive Poetic for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 20, 2020. www.poets.org
03:1120/07/2020
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 19, 2020. www.poets.org
01:1019/07/2020
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 18, 2020. www.poets.org
02:3718/07/2020
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
Recorded by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 17, 2020. www.poets.org
02:5217/07/2020
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
Recorded by Evie Shockley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 16, 2020. www.poets.org
02:5316/07/2020
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
Recorded by Cornelius Eady for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 15, 2020. www.poets.org
03:1815/07/2020
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
Recorded by Derrick Harriell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 14, 2020. www.poets.org
04:3714/07/2020
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
Recorded by Allison Joseph for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 13, 2020. www.poets.org
02:3913/07/2020
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 12, 2020. www.poets.org
01:2812/07/2020
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 11, 2020. www.poets.org
01:3611/07/2020
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premature Exits"
Recorded by Enzo Silon Surin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 10, 2020. www.poets.org
02:2310/07/2020
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
Recorded by Sean Hill for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 9, 2020. www.poets.org
07:5909/07/2020
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
Recorded by Danielle Legros Georges for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 8, 2020. www.poets.org
01:4608/07/2020
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
Recorded by Krysten Hill for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 7, 2020. www.poets.org
03:3807/07/2020
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
Recorded by Jabari Asim for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 6, 2020. www.poets.org
03:4306/07/2020
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 5, 2020. www.poets.org
02:0305/07/2020
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in Beauty"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 4, 2020. www.poets.org
02:1104/07/2020
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George Floyd"
Recorded by Toi Derricotte for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 3, 2020. www.poets.org
02:0903/07/2020