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
401
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
402
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
403
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
404
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
405
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
406
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
407
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
408
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
409
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
410
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
411
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
412
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
413
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
414
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
415
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
416
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
417
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
418
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
419
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
420
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
421
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
422
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
423
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
424
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
425
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min