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