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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Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1377
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1378
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1379
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1380
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1381
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1382
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1383
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1384
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1385
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1386
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1387
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1388
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1389
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1390
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1391
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1392
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1393
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1394
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1395
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1396
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1397
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1398
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1399
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1400
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min