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
426
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
427
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
428
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
429
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
430
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
431
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
432
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
433
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
434
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
435
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
436
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
437
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
438
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
439
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
440
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
441
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
442
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
443
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
444
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
445
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
446
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
447
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
448
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
449
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
450
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min