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
1251
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1252
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1253
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1254
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1255
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1256
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1257
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1258
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1259
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1260
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1261
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1262
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1263
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1264
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1265
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1266
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1267
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1268
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1269
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1270
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1271
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1272
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1273
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1274
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1275
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min