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
926
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
927
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
928
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
929
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
930
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
931
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
932
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
933
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
934
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
935
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
936
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
937
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
938
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
939
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
940
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
941
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
942
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
943
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
944
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
945
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
946
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
947
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
948
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
949
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
950
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min