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
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Emancipation"
3 min
852
Bruce Nugent: "My Love"
1 min
853
Ava Hofmann: "Mentally missturbed"
3 min
854
fahima ife: "our general banality"
3 min
855
Henneh Kyereh Kwaku: "dent"
3 min
856
Sawako Nakayasu: from "Pink Waves"
3 min
857
Jasmine Gibson: "Bird In Hand"
3 min
858
Sappho: "One Girl"
2 min
859
A. E. Housman: "A Shropshire Lad, XXX"
2 min
860
Rindon Johnson: "There Is a Black Fly in Your C...
3 min
861
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "sky hammer"
4 min
862
Chase Berggrun: "Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'"
3 min
863
manuel arturo abreu: "Klangfarbenmelodie"
3 min
864
Alain Mabanckou: from "When the Rooster Announc...
3 min
865
Elsa Gidlow: "Of a Certain Friendship"
2 min
866
Hart Crane: "Voyages V"
2 min
867
Claire Meuschke: "Caught Sight"
3 min
868
Brandon Shimoda: "Rest House"
3 min
869
essa may ranapiri: "Hinemoana"
3 min
870
Guest Editor Interview: June 2022 Guest Editor ...
15 min
871
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Seawall soliloquy number...
2 min
872
Sage Uʻilani Takehiro: "Fire Dragon"
5 min
873
Sarojini Naidu: "The Gift of India"
2 min
874
Iris Tree: "[The sun is lord of life and colour]"
2 min
875
Arielle Taitano Lowe: "The Weavers Were the Fir...
4 min