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
2326
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2327
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2328
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2329
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2330
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2331
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2332
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2333
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2334
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2335
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2336
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2337
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
2338
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
2339
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
2340
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
2341
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
2342
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
2343
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min
2344
Natasha Oladokun: "Black Credit"
3 min
2345
makalani bandele: "sample collected from a supe...
2 min
2346
Taylor Johnson: "Menace to"
1 min
2347
Ashley M. Jones: "ALL Y’ALL REALLY FROM ALABAMA"
3 min
2348
Myra Viola Wilds: "Dewdrops"
0 min
2349
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Together"
1 min
2350
Lauren K. Alleyne: "For my Brother(s)"
4 min