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
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Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1352
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1353
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1354
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1355
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1356
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1357
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1358
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1359
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1360
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1361
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1362
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1363
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1364
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1365
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1366
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1367
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1368
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1369
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1370
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1371
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1372
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1373
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1374
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1375
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min