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
176
Kwoya Fagin Maples: "Invisible Work"
3 min
177
Eve L. Ewing: "eschatology"
3 min
178
A. Van Jordan: "'Integrated School Books' Arpeg...
3 min
179
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Stars in Alabama"
3 min
180
Langston Hughes: "Sport"
3 min
181
Brad Walrond: "Calculus I, II, III"
3 min
182
Balo Salo: "Counsel to a Bridegroom"
2 min
183
Guest Editor Interview: February 2024 Guest Edi...
16 min
184
Jay Wright: "[Song into holiness]"
2 min
185
Mahogany L. Browne: "My face is an iteration, b...
7 min
186
Melissa Range: "First South"
5 min
187
H. D.: "Projector"
6 min
188
John Donne: "Love's Growth"
3 min
189
Ishion Hutchinson: "Club Paradise"
7 min
190
Valzhyna Mort: "In the Woods of Language, She C...
2 min
191
Jordan Kapono Nakamura: "Interview"
3 min
192
Myronn Hardy: "To the Air"
3 min
193
Colleen J. McElroy: "The Lost Breath of Trees"
5 min
194
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Quids"
5 min
195
Francis Thompson: "To a Snowflake"
3 min
196
Mutsuo Takahashi: "Dead Boy"
5 min
197
Marilyn Hacker: "Montpeyroux Sonnets"
8 min
198
Jason Allen-Paisant: "And You . . ."
3 min
199
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Phragmites"
3 min
200
Rickey Laurentiis: "Hermaphrodite"
3 min