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
501
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
502
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
503
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
504
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
505
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
506
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
507
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
508
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
509
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
510
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
511
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
512
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
513
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
514
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
515
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
516
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
517
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
518
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
519
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
520
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
521
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
522
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
523
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
524
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
525
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min