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.
1601
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
1602
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
1603
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
1604
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
1605
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
1606
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
1607
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1608
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1609
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1610
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1611
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1612
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1613
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1614
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1615
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1616
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1617
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1618
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1619
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1620
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1621
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1622
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1623
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1624
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1625
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min