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
801
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
802
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
803
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
804
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
805
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
806
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
807
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
808
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
809
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
810
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
811
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
812
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
813
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
814
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
815
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
816
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
817
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
818
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
819
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
820
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
821
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
822
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
823
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
824
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
825
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min