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
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Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1352
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1353
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1354
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1355
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1356
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1357
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1358
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1359
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1360
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1361
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1362
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1363
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1364
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1365
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1366
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1367
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1368
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1369
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1370
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1371
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1372
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1373
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1374
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1375
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min