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
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1002
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1003
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1004
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
1005
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min
1006
A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min
1007
K. D. Harryman: "Whipping"
2 min
1008
Karisma Price: "Castnet Seafood"
4 min
1009
Matthew Wimberley: "Materials for a Gravestone ...
4 min
1010
Paige Lewis: "I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, H...
2 min
1011
John Crowe Ransom: "Winter Remembered"
3 min
1012
Léonie Adams: "A Gull Goes Up"
3 min
1013
Renia White: "off the shore of oneself as in . ...
2 min
1014
Rob Greene: "To the Young Second Lieutenant Sta...
3 min
1015
Sarah Cooper: "Elastic Love Contrapuntal"
4 min
1016
Leila Chatti: "I Went Out to Hear"
3 min
1017
Urayoán Noel: "cinquains written during a tropi...
4 min
1018
Francis Thompson: "New Year's Chimes"
6 min
1019
Guest Editor Interview: January 2023 Guest Edit...
13 min
1020
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Death of the Old Year"
5 min
1021
Jim Moore: "The Need Is So Great"
3 min
1022
Peter Streckfus: "Chorus"
4 min
1023
Nikki Wallschlaeger: "Cows in the Evening"
3 min
1024
Jacqueline Osherow: "XIII. Return to Suzhou: Ma...
3 min
1025
Brenda Hillman: "To Mycorrhizae Under Our Mothe...
4 min