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
801
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux: "Love Stronger than...
3 min
802
Guest Editor Interview: July 2024 Guest Editor ...
15 min
803
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
804
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
805
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
806
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
807
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
808
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
809
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
810
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
811
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
812
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
813
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
814
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
815
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
816
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
817
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
818
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
819
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
820
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
821
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
822
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
823
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
824
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
825
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min