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
826
Sam Rush: "Sonnet for what ages and does not"
3 min
827
Nicole Connolly: "Dream Job"
3 min
828
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux: "Love Stronger than...
3 min
829
Guest Editor Interview: July 2024 Guest Editor ...
15 min
830
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
831
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
832
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
833
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
834
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
835
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
836
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
837
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
838
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
839
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
840
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
841
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
842
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
843
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
844
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
845
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
846
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
847
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
848
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
849
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
850
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min