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