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