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

Books
51
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
52
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
53
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
54
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
55
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
56
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
57
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
58
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
59
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
60
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
61
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
62
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
63
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
64
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
65
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
66
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
67
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
68
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
69
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
70
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
71
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
72
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
73
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
74
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
75
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min