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
Sam Rush: "Sonnet for what ages and does not"
3 min
552
Nicole Connolly: "Dream Job"
3 min
553
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux: "Love Stronger than...
3 min
554
Guest Editor Interview: July 2024 Guest Editor ...
15 min
555
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
556
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
557
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
558
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
559
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
560
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
561
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
562
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
563
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
564
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
565
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
566
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
567
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
568
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
569
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
570
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
571
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
572
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
573
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
574
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
575
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min