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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
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Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
52
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
53
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
54
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
55
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
56
Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
57
Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
58
Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min
59
Jari Bradley: “You Can Light a Fire Without a M...
4 min
60
Airea D. Matthews: “Altitude”
2 min
61
Logan February: “I Woke You with Wagner,”
3 min
62
Kaveh Akbar: “Love Poem with Tumor and Petrifie...
3 min
63
Jericho Brown: “Reunion Tour”
2 min
64
John Berryman: “The Possessed”
4 min
65
Wes Matthews: “Immortality”
3 min
66
Jen DeGregorio: “No Isms Except Neologism”
4 min
67
Fatima Malik: “Critique of My Thighs”
2 min
68
Stephanie Colwell: “Livestreaming My Grandfathe...
3 min
69
Mckendy Fils-Aime: “on superstitions”
2 min
70
Witter Bynner: “Beyond a Mountain”
3 min
71
Vita Sackville-West: “Song: Let Us Go Back”
2 min
72
Deborah Hauser: “Never Admit Your Mistakes”
2 min
73
Keisha-Gaye Anderson: “We Dreamed You”
2 min
74
Maya Marshall: “The Collection Room”
2 min
75
Dior J. Stephens: “a letter to charlie parker”
2 min