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
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
402
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
403
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
404
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
405
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
406
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
407
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
408
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
409
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
410
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
411
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
412
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
413
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
414
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
415
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
416
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
417
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
418
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
419
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
420
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
421
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
422
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
423
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
424
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
425
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min