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
776
Angela Manalang-Gloria: "Yellow Moon"
4 min
777
Rachel McKibbens: "Mentor"
3 min
778
Anis Mojgani: "To the Sea"
2 min
779
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "Selkie Weaning Young (Redux)"
3 min
780
Jeremy Radin: "Evening"
2 min
781
Jennifer Givhan: "My Mom's Been Asking for a Ha...
5 min
782
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya: "Noon"
3 min
783
Pankajini Basu: "Basanta Panchami"
4 min
784
Sam Sax: "Pedagogy"
3 min
785
Debra Allbery: "Sidereal"
3 min
786
Jade Cho: "Three Months Since"
3 min
787
Cameron Awkward-Rich: "My Life Closed Twice"
2 min
788
Safia Elhillo: "Amsterdam"
3 min
789
Jun Fujita: "[A frail hepatica]"
2 min
790
Allison Hutchcraft: "Though from Here I Can’t S...
4 min
791
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Self-Portrait as Lilith"
3 min
792
Jay Deshpande: "Wanting a Child"
4 min
793
Leigh Lucas: "Dirtbag"
3 min
794
Sarah Kay: "In the House With No Doors"
4 min
795
Sandra Lim: "Poem"
2 min
796
Guest Editor Interview: May 2023 Guest Editor H...
13 min
797
William Faulkner: "[The ringèd moon sits eerily]"
4 min
798
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
799
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
800
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min