Helene Johnson: "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"

Recorded by Hamed Sinno for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 15, 2026. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org⁠ 

Recorded by Noor Hindi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 14, 2026 www.poets.org⁠ 

Bruce Smith joins Kevin Young to read “Open Letter To My Ancestors,” by Mary Ruefle, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/ ...

William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003.<a href="https: ...

Carmen Giménez’s poem “Ars Poetica” is a stunning waterfall of words, a torrent of dozens of short statements that begin with “I” or “I’m.” As you listen to them, let an answering cascade of questions fill up your mind. What does this series of confessions reveal to you about poe ...  Show more

In the autumn of 1902, a young man attending a German military school wrote to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke to ask him for some advice. Rilke responded, and the two struck up a correspondence that has become one of the great moments in the history of literature. For more than a ce ...  Show more