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
976
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
977
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
978
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
979
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
980
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
981
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
982
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
983
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
984
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
985
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
986
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
987
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
988
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
989
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
990
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
991
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
992
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
993
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
994
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
995
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
996
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
997
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
998
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
999
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1000
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min