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
501
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
502
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
503
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
504
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
505
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
506
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
507
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
508
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
509
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
510
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
511
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
512
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
513
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
514
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
515
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
516
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
517
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
518
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
519
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
520
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
521
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
522
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
523
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
524
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
525
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min