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
776
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
777
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
778
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
779
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
780
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
781
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
782
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
783
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
784
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
785
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
786
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
787
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
788
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
789
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
790
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
791
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
792
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
793
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
794
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
795
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
796
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
797
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
798
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
799
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
800
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min