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.
1026
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1027
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1028
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1029
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1030
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1031
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1032
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1033
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1034
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1035
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1036
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1037
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1038
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1039
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1040
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1041
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1042
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1043
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1044
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1045
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1046
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1047
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1048
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1049
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
1050
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min