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
651
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
652
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
653
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
654
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
655
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
656
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
657
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
658
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
659
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
660
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
661
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
662
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
663
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
664
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
665
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
666
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
667
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
668
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
669
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
670
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
671
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
672
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
673
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
674
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
675
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min