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
976
Angela Manalang-Gloria: "Yellow Moon"
4 min
977
Rachel McKibbens: "Mentor"
3 min
978
Anis Mojgani: "To the Sea"
2 min
979
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "Selkie Weaning Young (Redux)"
3 min
980
Jeremy Radin: "Evening"
2 min
981
Jennifer Givhan: "My Mom's Been Asking for a Ha...
5 min
982
Harindranath Chattopadhyaya: "Noon"
3 min
983
Pankajini Basu: "Basanta Panchami"
4 min
984
Sam Sax: "Pedagogy"
3 min
985
Debra Allbery: "Sidereal"
3 min
986
Jade Cho: "Three Months Since"
3 min
987
Cameron Awkward-Rich: "My Life Closed Twice"
2 min
988
Safia Elhillo: "Amsterdam"
3 min
989
Jun Fujita: "[A frail hepatica]"
2 min
990
Allison Hutchcraft: "Though from Here I Can’t S...
4 min
991
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Self-Portrait as Lilith"
3 min
992
Jay Deshpande: "Wanting a Child"
4 min
993
Leigh Lucas: "Dirtbag"
3 min
994
Sarah Kay: "In the House With No Doors"
4 min
995
Sandra Lim: "Poem"
2 min
996
Guest Editor Interview: May 2023 Guest Editor H...
13 min
997
William Faulkner: "[The ringèd moon sits eerily]"
4 min
998
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
999
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
1000
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min