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