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
976
Sterling A. Brown: "To a Certain Lady, in Her G...
4 min
977
Cherise Pollard: "Nodes of Growth"
3 min
978
Anthony Walton: "Alzheimer’s"
3 min
979
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
980
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
981
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
982
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
983
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
984
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
985
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
986
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
987
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
988
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
989
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
990
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
991
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
992
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
993
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
994
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
995
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
996
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
997
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
998
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
999
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
1000
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min