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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
451
Alero "The Mimz" Ogisi: "Past Present & Future"
6 min
452
Jada Renée Allen: "Drill"
5 min
453
Joy Priest: "The Black Outside"
3 min
454
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
455
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
456
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
457
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
458
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
459
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
460
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
461
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
462
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
463
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
464
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
465
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
466
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
467
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
468
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
469
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
470
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
471
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
472
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
473
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
474
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
475
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min