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
951
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
952
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
953
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
954
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
955
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
956
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
957
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
958
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
959
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
960
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
961
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
962
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
963
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
964
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
965
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
966
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
967
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
968
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
969
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
970
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
971
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
972
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
973
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
974
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
975
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min