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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
301
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
302
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
303
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
304
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
305
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
306
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
307
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
308
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
309
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
310
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
311
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
312
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
313
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
314
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
315
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
316
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
317
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
318
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
319
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
320
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
321
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
322
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
323
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
324
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
325
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min