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
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
527
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
528
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
529
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
530
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
531
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
532
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
533
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
534
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
535
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
536
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
537
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
538
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
539
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
540
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
541
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
542
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
543
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
544
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
545
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
546
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
547
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
548
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
549
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
550
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min