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
Guest Editor Interview: July 2024 Guest Editor ...
15 min
502
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux: "Love Stronger than...
3 min
503
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
504
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
505
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
506
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
507
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
508
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
509
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
510
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
511
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
512
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
513
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
514
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
515
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
516
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
517
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
518
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
519
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
520
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
521
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
522
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
523
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
524
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
525
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min