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
1026
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1027
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1028
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1029
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1030
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1031
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1032
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1033
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1034
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1035
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1036
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1037
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1038
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1039
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1040
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1041
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1042
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1043
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1044
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1045
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1046
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1047
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1048
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1049
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1050
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min