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
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "Origin of Planets"
5 min
1002
John Yau: "Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the...
4 min
1003
Robert Burns: "Winter: A Dirge"
4 min
1004
Esther Popel: "Theft"
4 min
1005
Jeffrey Yang: "[Early lexicographers and missio...
3 min
1006
Gregory Pardlo: from "Giornata"
3 min
1007
Cintia Santana: "apocalyptic lyric"
3 min
1008
Dan Beachy-Quick: "Onta"
3 min
1009
Chloe Garcia Roberts: Rendering from “Historia ...
3 min
1010
Nancy Cunard: from "Parallax"
3 min
1011
Louise Bogan: "A Tale"
3 min
1012
Cynthia Cruz: "Deathscape Lullaby"
2 min
1013
Mark Irwin: "Nike of Samothrace"
3 min
1014
A. Van Jordan: "Grandfather"
4 min
1015
Sherwin Bitsui: "Triptych"
3 min
1016
Henri Cole: "At Sixty-Five"
3 min
1017
Robert Frost: "The Aim Was Song"
2 min
1018
Emily Brontë: "To a Wreath of Snow"
4 min
1019
Jenny George: "Sunflowers"
2 min
1020
dg nanouk okpik: "Inupiaq Women"
4 min
1021
Guest Editor Interview: December 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1022
Victoriano Cárdenas: "Still Life of Cárdenas Ha...
3 min
1023
George Abraham: "Unarcheology of 'Father'"
6 min
1024
Ángel García: "Vestiges"
3 min
1025
John Rollin Ridge: "The Harp of Broken Strings"
6 min