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
2226
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2227
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2228
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2229
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2230
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2231
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2232
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2233
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2234
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2235
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2236
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2237
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2238
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2239
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2240
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2241
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2242
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2243
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2244
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2245
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2246
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2247
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2248
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2249
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2250
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min