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
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2077
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2078
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2079
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2080
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2081
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2082
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2083
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2084
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2085
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2086
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2087
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2088
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2089
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2090
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2091
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2092
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2093
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2094
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2095
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2096
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2097
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2098
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2099
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2100
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min