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

Books
1201
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1202
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1203
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1204
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1205
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1206
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1207
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1208
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1209
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1210
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1211
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1212
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1213
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1214
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1215
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1216
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1217
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1218
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1219
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1220
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1221
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1222
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1223
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1224
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1225
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min