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
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
652
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
653
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
654
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
655
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
656
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
657
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
658
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
659
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
660
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
661
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
662
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
663
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
664
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
665
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
666
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
667
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
668
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
669
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
670
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
671
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
672
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
673
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
674
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
675
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min