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
551
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
552
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
553
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
554
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
555
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
556
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
557
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
558
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
559
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
560
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
561
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
562
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
563
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
564
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
565
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
566
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
567
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
568
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
569
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
570
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
571
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
572
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
573
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
574
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
575
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min