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
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1027
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1028
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1029
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1030
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1031
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1032
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1033
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1034
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1035
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1036
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1037
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1038
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1039
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1040
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1041
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1042
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1043
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1044
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1045
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1046
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1047
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1048
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1049
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1050
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min