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
901
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
902
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
903
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
904
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
905
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
906
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
907
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
908
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
909
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
910
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
911
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
912
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
913
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
914
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
915
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
916
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
917
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
918
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
919
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
920
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
921
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
922
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min
923
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
3 min
924
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Hea...
3 min
925
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
4 min