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
726
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
727
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
728
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
729
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
730
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
731
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
732
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
733
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
734
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
735
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
736
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
737
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
738
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
739
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
740
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
741
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
742
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
743
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
744
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
745
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
746
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
747
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
748
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
749
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
750
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min