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