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
2176
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2177
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2178
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2179
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2180
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2181
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2182
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2183
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2184
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2185
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2186
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2187
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2188
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2189
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2190
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2191
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2192
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2193
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2194
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2195
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2196
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2197
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2198
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2199
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2200
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min