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.

Books
401
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
402
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
403
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min
404
Fenton Johnson: "Harlem: The Black City"
3 min
405
Diana Marie Delgado: "And So Many Are Dear"
2 min
406
Justin Rovillos Monson: "Institutional(ized) Po...
3 min
407
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
408
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
409
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
410
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
411
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
412
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
413
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
414
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
415
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
416
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
417
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
418
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
419
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
420
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
421
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
422
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
423
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
424
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
425
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min