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
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
427
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
428
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
429
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
430
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
431
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
432
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
433
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
434
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
435
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
436
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
437
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
438
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
439
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
440
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
441
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
442
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
443
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
444
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
445
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
446
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
447
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
448
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
449
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
450
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min