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