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
576
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
577
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
578
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
579
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
580
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
581
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
582
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
583
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
584
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
585
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
586
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
587
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
588
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
589
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
590
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
591
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
592
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
593
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
594
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
595
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
596
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
597
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
598
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
599
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
600
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min