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
1151
Frank X Walker: "Neoteric Kama No Sutra"
2 min
1152
Jari Bradley: "Boihood"
3 min
1153
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1154
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1155
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1156
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1157
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1158
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1159
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1160
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1161
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1162
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1163
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1164
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1165
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1166
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1167
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1168
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1169
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1170
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1171
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1172
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1173
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1174
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1175
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min