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
901
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
902
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
903
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
904
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
905
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
906
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
907
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
908
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
909
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
910
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
911
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
912
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
913
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
914
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
915
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
916
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
917
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
918
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
919
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
920
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
921
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
922
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
923
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
924
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
925
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min