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
Nicole Connolly: "Dream Job"
3 min
552
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux: "Love Stronger than...
3 min
553
Guest Editor Interview: July 2024 Guest Editor ...
15 min
554
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
555
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
556
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
557
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
558
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
559
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
560
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
561
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
562
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
563
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
564
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
565
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
566
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
567
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
568
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
569
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
570
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
571
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
572
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
573
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
574
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
575
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min