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
1001
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1002
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1003
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1004
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1005
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1006
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1007
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1008
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1009
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1010
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1011
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1012
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1013
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1014
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1015
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1016
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1017
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1018
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1019
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1020
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1021
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1022
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1023
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1024
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1025
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min