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.

Books
2051
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
2052
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
2053
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
2054
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
2055
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
2056
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
2057
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
2058
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
2059
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
2060
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
2061
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
2062
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
2063
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
2064
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
2065
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
2066
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
2067
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2068
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2069
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2070
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2071
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2072
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2073
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min
2074
Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare"
3 min
2075
Toi Derricotte: "The blue nightgown"
3 min