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
76
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
77
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
78
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
79
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
80
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
81
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
82
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
83
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
84
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
85
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
86
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
87
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
88
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
89
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
90
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
91
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
92
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
93
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
94
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
95
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
96
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
97
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
98
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
99
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
100
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min