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
651
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
652
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
653
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
654
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
655
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
656
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
657
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
658
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
659
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
660
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
661
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
662
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
663
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
664
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
665
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
666
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
667
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
668
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
669
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
670
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
671
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
672
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
673
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
674
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
675
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min