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
1376
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés: "Plácido’s Far...
3 min
1377
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Eyes of My Regret"
4 min
1378
Remica Bingham-Risher: "The Lose Your Mother Su...
3 min
1379
Lynne Thompson: "St. Valentine, Bishop of Terni...
3 min
1380
Tommye Blount: "An Act of Love"
3 min
1381
francine j. harris: "Wetland"
3 min
1382
Taylor Byas: "Love Poem Attempt 3/?"
3 min
1383
Sterling A. Brown: "Challenge"
2 min
1384
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "The Venus of Milo"
3 min
1385
Joy Priest: "When I See the Stars in the Night ...
3 min
1386
Willie Lee Kinard III: "Aubade: Nocturne"
5 min
1387
Ariana Benson: "Love Poem in the Black Field"
3 min
1388
Arlene Keizer: "Canopy"
2 min
1389
Nkosi Nkululeko: "Continental Breakfast"
3 min
1390
Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1391
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1392
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1393
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1394
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1395
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1396
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1397
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1398
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1399
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1400
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min