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
2101
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
2102
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
2103
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
2104
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
2105
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min
2106
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
7 min
2107
Tracy K. Smith: "Soulwork"
3 min
2108
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: "If You Knew"
2 min
2109
Linda Hogan: "Map"
4 min
2110
Deborah A. Miranda: "Torch"
4 min
2111
Aldo Amparán: "Aubade at the City of Change"
4 min
2112
Corrinne Clegg Hales: "1967, Girl and Snow"
6 min
2113
Hera Naguib: "Prologue to a Womanhood"
3 min
2114
Như Xuân Nguyễn: "The Moons of Neptune"
3 min
2115
Guest Editor Interview: March Guest Editor Sash...
15 min
2116
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Thought."
1 min
2117
Langston Hughes: "My Loves"
2 min
2118
Ishmael Reed: "Skin Tight"
6 min
2119
Xandria Phillips: "Black Heroism is Unskilled L...
3 min
2120
Yesenia Montilla: "Naming the Baby"
2 min
2121
Quincy Troupe: "Sonic Fireflies"
3 min
2122
Jacqueline Jones LaMon: "Six"
5 min
2123
Claude McKay: "To Winter"
2 min
2124
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Calling Dreams"
1 min
2125
Vincent Toro: "At Age 28, Chilean Astronomer Ma...
7 min