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
901
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
902
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
903
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
904
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
905
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
906
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
907
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
908
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
909
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
910
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
911
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
912
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
913
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
914
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
915
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
916
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
917
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
918
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
919
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
920
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
921
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
922
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
923
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
924
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min
925
A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min