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
526
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
527
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
528
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
529
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
530
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
531
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
532
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
533
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
534
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
535
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
536
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
537
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
538
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
539
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
540
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
541
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
542
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
543
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
544
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
545
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
546
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
547
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
548
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
549
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
550
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min