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
951
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
952
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
953
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
954
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
955
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
956
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
957
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
958
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
959
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
960
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
961
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
962
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
963
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
964
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
965
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
966
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
967
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
968
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
969
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
970
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
971
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
972
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
973
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
974
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
975
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min