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
626
Alero "The Mimz" Ogisi: "Past Present & Future"
6 min
627
Jada Renée Allen: "Drill"
5 min
628
Joy Priest: "The Black Outside"
3 min
629
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
630
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
631
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
632
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
633
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
634
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
635
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
636
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
637
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
638
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
639
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
640
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
641
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
642
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
643
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
644
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
645
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
646
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
647
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
648
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
649
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
650
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min