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
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
627
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
628
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
629
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
630
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
631
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
632
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
633
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
634
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
635
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
636
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
637
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
638
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
639
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
640
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
641
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
642
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
643
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
644
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
645
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
646
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
647
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
648
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
649
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
650
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min