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
601
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
602
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
603
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
604
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
605
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
606
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
607
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
608
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
609
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
610
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
611
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
612
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
613
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
614
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
615
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
616
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
617
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
618
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
619
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
620
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
621
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
622
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
623
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
624
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
625
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min