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
1026
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1027
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1028
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1029
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1030
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1031
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1032
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1033
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1034
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1035
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1036
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1037
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1038
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1039
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1040
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1041
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1042
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1043
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1044
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1045
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1046
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1047
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1048
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1049
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1050
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min