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.
1001
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1002
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1003
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1004
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1005
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1006
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1007
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1008
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1009
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1010
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1011
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1012
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1013
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1014
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1015
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1016
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1017
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1018
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1019
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1020
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1021
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1022
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1023
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1024
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1025
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min