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.
1876
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1877
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1878
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1879
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
1880
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
1881
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
1882
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
1883
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
1884
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
1885
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
1886
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
1887
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
1888
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
1889
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
1890
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
1891
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
1892
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
1893
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
1894
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
1895
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
1896
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
1897
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
1898
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
1899
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
1900
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min