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
476
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
477
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
478
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
479
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
480
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
481
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
482
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
483
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
484
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
485
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
486
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
487
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
488
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
489
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
490
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
491
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
492
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
493
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
494
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
495
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
496
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
497
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
498
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
499
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
500
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min