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
1176
Faylita Hicks: "Self-Care"
3 min
1177
avery r. young: "her aint even at de funeral"
3 min
1178
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1179
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1180
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1181
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1182
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1183
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1184
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1185
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1186
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1187
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1188
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1189
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1190
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1191
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1192
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1193
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1194
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1195
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1196
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1197
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1198
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1199
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1200
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min