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
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
602
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
603
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
604
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
605
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
606
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
607
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
608
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
609
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
610
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
611
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
612
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
613
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
614
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
615
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
616
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
617
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
618
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
619
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
620
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
621
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
622
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
623
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
624
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
625
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min