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
1051
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1052
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1053
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1054
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1055
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1056
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1057
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1058
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1059
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1060
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1061
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1062
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1063
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1064
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1065
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1066
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1067
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1068
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1069
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1070
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1071
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1072
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1073
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1074
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1075
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min