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
2151
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2152
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2153
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2154
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2155
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2156
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2157
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2158
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2159
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2160
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2161
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2162
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2163
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2164
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2165
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2166
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2167
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2168
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2169
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2170
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2171
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2172
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2173
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2174
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2175
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min