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 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.

Books
451
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
452
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
453
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
454
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
455
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
456
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
457
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
458
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
459
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
460
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
461
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
462
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
463
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
464
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
465
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
466
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
467
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
468
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
469
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
470
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
471
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
472
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
473
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
474
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
475
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min