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
1001
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1002
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1003
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1004
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1005
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1006
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1007
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1008
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1009
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1010
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1011
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1012
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1013
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1014
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1015
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1016
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1017
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1018
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1019
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1020
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1021
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1022
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1023
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1024
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1025
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min