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
2201
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2202
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2203
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2204
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2205
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2206
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2207
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2208
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2209
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2210
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2211
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2212
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2213
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2214
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2215
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2216
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2217
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2218
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2219
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2220
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2221
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2222
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2223
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2224
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2225
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min