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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
701
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
702
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
703
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
704
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
705
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
706
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
707
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
708
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
709
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
710
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
711
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
712
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
713
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
714
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
715
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
716
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
717
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
718
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
719
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
720
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
721
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
722
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
723
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
724
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
725
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min