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
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
402
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
403
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
404
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
405
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
406
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
407
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
408
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
409
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
410
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
411
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
412
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
413
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
414
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
415
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
416
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
417
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
418
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
419
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
420
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
421
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
422
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
423
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
424
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
425
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min