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