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
451
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
452
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
453
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
454
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
455
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
456
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
457
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
458
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
459
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
460
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
461
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
462
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
463
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
464
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
465
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
466
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
467
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
468
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
469
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
470
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
471
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
472
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
473
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
474
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
475
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min