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
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Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
952
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
953
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
954
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
955
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
956
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
957
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
958
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
959
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
960
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
961
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
962
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
963
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
964
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
965
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
966
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
967
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
968
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
969
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
970
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
971
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
972
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
973
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
974
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
975
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min