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
876
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
877
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
878
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
879
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
880
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
881
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
882
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
883
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
884
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
885
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
886
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
887
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
888
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
889
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
890
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
891
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
892
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
893
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
894
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
895
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
896
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
897
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
898
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
899
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
900
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min