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.
1776
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
1777
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
1778
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
1779
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
1780
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
1781
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
1782
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
1783
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
1784
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
1785
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
1786
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
1787
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
1788
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
1789
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
1790
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
1791
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
1792
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
1793
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
1794
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
1795
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
1796
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
1797
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
1798
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
1799
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
1800
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min