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
326
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
327
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
328
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
329
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
330
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
331
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
332
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
333
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
334
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
335
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
336
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
337
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
338
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
339
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
340
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
341
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
342
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
343
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
344
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
345
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
346
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
347
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
348
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
349
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
350
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min