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
526
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
527
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
528
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
529
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
530
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
531
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
532
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
533
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
534
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
535
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
536
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
537
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
538
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
539
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
540
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
541
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
542
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
543
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
544
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
545
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
546
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
547
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
548
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
549
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
550
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min