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
551
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
552
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
553
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
554
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
555
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
556
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
557
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
558
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
559
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
560
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
561
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
562
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
563
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
564
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
565
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
566
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
567
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
568
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
569
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
570
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
571
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
572
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
573
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
574
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
575
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min