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
1726
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1727
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1728
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1729
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1730
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1731
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1732
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1733
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1734
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1735
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1736
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1737
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1738
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1739
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1740
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1741
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1742
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1743
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1744
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1745
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1746
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1747
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1748
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
1749
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
1750
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min