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
76
Kazim Ali: “Sandwich”
3 min
77
Margaret Ross: “Forever”
3 min
78
Carl Sandburg: “Summer Grass”
1 min
79
W. H. Auden: “[Watch any day his nonchalant pau...
2 min
80
Raymond Antrobus: “Charles Uzor”
3 min
81
Pimone Triplett: “Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage”
4 min
82
Rowan Ricardo Phillips: “MMXXVI”
3 min
83
Spencer Reece: “Window”
3 min
84
Tina Chang: “Bearing Down”
3 min
85
E. B. White: “Dog Around the Block”
3 min
86
Sara Teasdale: “Song at Capri”
2 min
87
Ada Limón: “Dusk After Your Passing”
4 min
88
Randall Mann: “Five Murders”
3 min
89
Monica Sok: “The Monk”
3 min
90
Marcus Wicker: “How to Continue Loving the Worl...
3 min
91
Jameson Fitzpatrick: “Refrain”
3 min
92
John Keats: “The Human Seasons”
3 min
93
Arthur Conan Doyle: “A Tragedy”
3 min
94
Tracy K. Smith: “Não, João”
5 min
95
Adrian Matejka: “Record Player”
2 min
96
Elizabeth Metzger: “Wake Turbulence”
3 min
97
Chen Chen: “An Evening Discussion”
3 min
98
Meghan O’Rourke: “Erasers”
3 min
99
W. B. Yeats: “No Second Troy”
2 min
100
Archibald MacLeish: “Sonnet”
3 min