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
851
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min
852
Maggie Pogue Johnson: "Poet of Our Race"
4 min
853
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
854
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
855
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
856
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
857
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
858
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
859
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
860
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
861
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
862
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
863
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
864
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
865
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
866
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
867
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
868
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
869
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
870
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
871
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
872
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
873
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
874
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
875
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min