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
476
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
477
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
478
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
479
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
480
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
481
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
482
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
483
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
484
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
485
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
486
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
487
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
488
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
489
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
490
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
491
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
492
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
493
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
494
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
495
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
496
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
497
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
498
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
499
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
500
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min