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
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1027
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1028
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1029
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1030
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1031
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1032
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1033
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1034
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1035
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1036
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1037
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1038
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1039
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1040
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1041
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1042
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1043
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1044
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1045
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1046
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
1047
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min
1048
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
3 min
1049
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Hea...
3 min
1050
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
4 min