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
2076
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
2077
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
2078
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
2079
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
2080
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
2081
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
2082
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
2083
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
2084
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
2085
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
2086
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
2087
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
2088
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
2089
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
2090
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
2091
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
2092
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
2093
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
2094
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min
2095
Kwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"
8 min
2096
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Vault of Morning"
4 min
2097
Rickey Laurentiis: "Because we love each other"
3 min
2098
Dante Micheaux: "The Day Room"
2 min
2099
Priscilla Jane Thompson: "A Valentine"
2 min
2100
George Marion McClellan: "In the Heart of a Rose"
2 min