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
1451
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1452
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1453
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1454
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1455
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1456
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1457
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1458
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1459
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1460
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1461
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1462
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1463
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1464
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1465
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1466
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1467
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1468
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1469
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1470
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1471
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1472
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1473
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1474
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1475
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min