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
601
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
602
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
603
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
604
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
605
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
606
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
607
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
608
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
609
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
610
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
611
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
612
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
613
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
614
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
615
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
616
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
617
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
618
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
619
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
620
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
621
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
622
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
623
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
624
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
625
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min