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
1251
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1252
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1253
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1254
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1255
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1256
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1257
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1258
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1259
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1260
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1261
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1262
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1263
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1264
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1265
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1266
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1267
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1268
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1269
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1270
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1271
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1272
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1273
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1274
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1275
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min