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
Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
77
Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
78
William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
79
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
80
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
81
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
82
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min
83
Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
84
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
85
Louise Glück: "Vita Nova"
4 min
86
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min
87
January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
88
Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
89
Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
90
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
91
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
92
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
93
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
94
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
95
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
96
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
97
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
98
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
99
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
100
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min