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
2126
L. Ash Williams: "Red Wine Spills"
2 min
2127
Barbara Fant : "My dad buried two dogs in the b...
2 min
2128
Jason Reynolds: "Match"
1 min
2129
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor: "After Robert Fuller"
2 min
2130
Angelina Weld Grimké: "The Puppet Player"
0 min
2131
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
2132
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
2133
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
2134
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
2135
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
2136
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
2137
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
2138
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
2139
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
2140
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
2141
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
2142
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
2143
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
2144
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
2145
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
2146
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2147
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2148
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2149
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2150
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min