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
851
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya: "Noon"
3 min
852
Pankajini Basu: "Basanta Panchami"
4 min
853
Sam Sax: "Pedagogy"
3 min
854
Debra Allbery: "Sidereal"
3 min
855
Jade Cho: "Three Months Since"
3 min
856
Cameron Awkward-Rich: "My Life Closed Twice"
2 min
857
Safia Elhillo: "Amsterdam"
3 min
858
Jun Fujita: "[A frail hepatica]"
2 min
859
Allison Hutchcraft: "Though from Here I Can’t S...
4 min
860
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Self-Portrait as Lilith"
3 min
861
Jay Deshpande: "Wanting a Child"
4 min
862
Leigh Lucas: "Dirtbag"
3 min
863
Sarah Kay: "In the House With No Doors"
4 min
864
Sandra Lim: "Poem"
2 min
865
Guest Editor Interview: May 2023 Guest Editor H...
13 min
866
William Faulkner: "[The ringèd moon sits eerily]"
4 min
867
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
868
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
869
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
870
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
871
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
872
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
873
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
874
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
875
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min