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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Claude McKay: "When Dawn Comes to the City"
5 min
1377
Anne Spencer: "Substitution"
3 min
1378
Imani Davis: "Kink"
3 min
1379
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Brown Estate, 2018 T...
3 min
1380
Evie Shockley: "black love"
2 min
1381
Guest Editor Interview: February 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
1382
Dorothea Lasky: "This Beautiful Planet"
3 min
1383
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1384
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1385
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1386
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1387
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1388
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1389
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1390
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1391
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1392
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1393
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1394
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1395
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1396
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1397
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1398
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
1399
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min
1400
A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min