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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1776
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1777
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1778
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1779
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1780
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1781
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1782
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1783
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1784
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1785
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1786
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1787
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1788
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1789
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1790
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1791
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1792
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1793
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1794
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1795
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1796
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1797
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1798
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1799
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1800
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min