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.
2026
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2027
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2028
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2029
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2030
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2031
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2032
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2033
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2034
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2035
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min
2036
A. Van Jordan: "Afterward but not Afterword"
2 min
2037
April Freely: "Every Verb is a Lesson in Longin...
2 min
2038
Countee Cullen: "If You Should Go"
0 min
2039
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Now and Then"
1 min
2040
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: "YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PR...
2 min
2041
Gbenga Adesina: "Glory"
1 min
2042
Joshua Bennett: "Dad Poem (Ultrasound #2)"
2 min
2043
Kristina Kay Robinson: "Contemplating Extinctio...
2 min
2044
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Ode to the Head Nod"
2 min
2045
Effie Lee Newsome: "Peacock Feather"
0 min
2046
Langston Hughes: "My People"
1 min
2047
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "Emancipation"
2 min
2048
Pamela Sneed: "I Can't Breathe"
3 min
2049
Porsha Olayiwola: "We Drink at the Attenuation ...
2 min
2050
Roger Reeves: "For Black Children at the End of...
3 min