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
1551
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1552
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1553
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1554
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1555
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1556
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1557
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1558
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1559
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1560
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1561
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1562
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1563
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1564
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1565
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1566
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1567
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1568
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1569
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1570
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1571
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1572
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1573
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1574
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1575
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min