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
2276
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "I Saw You"
1 min
2277
Crystal Valentine: "This Little Light of Mine S...
4 min
2278
Luther Hughes: "My Mother, My Mother"
4 min
2279
Rasheed Copeland: "When Puffy says, and we won’...
2 min
2280
Yesenia Montilla: "a brief meditation on breath"
3 min
2281
Jive Poetic: "Assume the Position"
2 min
2282
Alice Dunbar-Nelson: "Hope."
0 min
2283
James D. Corrothers: "Dream and the Song"
2 min
2284
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: "Selah"
2 min
2285
Evie Shockley: "sonnet for the long second act"
2 min
2286
Cornelius Eady: "Diabolic"
2 min
2287
Derrick Harriell: "Underground King"
4 min
2288
Allison Joseph: "Untethered"
2 min
2289
Otto Leland Bohanan: "Go Give the World"
0 min
2290
J. W. Hammond: "The Optimist"
1 min
2291
Enzo Silon Surin: "When Night Fills with Premat...
1 min
2292
Sean Hill: "Governor’s Mansion Hands"
7 min
2293
Danielle Legros Georges: "What is Water?"
1 min
2294
Krysten Hill: "Nothing"
3 min
2295
Jabari Asim: "Some Call It God"
3 min
2296
Eva A. Jessye: "To a Rosebud"
1 min
2297
George Marion McClellan: "The Sun Went Down in ...
1 min
2298
Toi Derricotte: "Why I don’t write about George...
1 min
2299
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Measured"
3 min
2300
Marissa Davis: "Singularity"
3 min