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
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
2027
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
2028
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
2029
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
2030
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
2031
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
2032
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
2033
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
2034
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
2035
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
2036
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
2037
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
2038
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
2039
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
2040
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
2041
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
2042
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2043
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2044
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2045
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2046
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2047
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2048
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2049
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2050
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min