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
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1002
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1003
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1004
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1005
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1006
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1007
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1008
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1009
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1010
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1011
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1012
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1013
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1014
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1015
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1016
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1017
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1018
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1019
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1020
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1021
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1022
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1023
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1024
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1025
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min