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
851
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
852
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
853
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
854
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
855
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
856
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
857
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
858
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
859
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
860
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
861
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
862
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
863
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
864
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
865
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
866
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
867
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
868
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
869
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
870
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
871
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
872
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
873
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
874
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
875
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min