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
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
552
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
553
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
554
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
555
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
556
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
557
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
558
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
559
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
560
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
561
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
562
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
563
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
564
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
565
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
566
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
567
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
568
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
569
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
570
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
571
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
572
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
573
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
574
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
575
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min