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
51
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
52
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
53
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
54
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min
55
Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
56
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
57
Louise Glück: "Vita Nova"
4 min
58
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min
59
January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
60
Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
61
Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
62
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
63
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
64
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
65
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
66
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
67
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
68
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
69
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
70
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
71
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
72
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
73
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
74
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
75
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min