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
626
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
627
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
628
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
629
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
630
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
631
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
632
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
633
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
634
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
635
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
636
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
637
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
638
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
639
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
640
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
641
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
642
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
643
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
644
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
645
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
646
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
647
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
648
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
649
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
650
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min