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.
1701
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1702
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1703
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1704
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1705
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1706
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1707
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1708
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1709
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1710
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1711
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1712
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1713
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1714
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1715
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1716
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1717
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1718
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1719
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1720
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1721
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1722
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1723
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1724
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1725
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min