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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1176
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1177
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1178
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1179
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1180
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1181
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1182
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1183
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1184
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1185
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1186
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1187
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1188
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1189
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1190
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1191
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1192
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1193
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1194
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1195
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1196
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1197
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1198
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1199
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1200
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min