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
26
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
27
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
28
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min
29
Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
30
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
31
Louise Glück: "Vita Nova"
4 min
32
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min
33
January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
34
Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
35
Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
36
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
37
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
38
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
39
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
40
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
41
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
42
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
43
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
44
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
45
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
46
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
47
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
48
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
49
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
50
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min