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
676
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
677
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
678
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
679
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
680
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
681
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
682
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
683
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
684
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
685
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
686
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
687
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
688
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
689
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
690
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
691
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
692
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
693
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
694
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
695
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
696
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
697
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
698
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
699
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
700
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min