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
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
452
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
453
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
454
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
455
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
456
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
457
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
458
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
459
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
460
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
461
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
462
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
463
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
464
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
465
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
466
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
467
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
468
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
469
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
470
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
471
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
472
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
473
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
474
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
475
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min