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
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1027
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1028
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1029
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1030
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1031
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1032
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1033
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1034
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1035
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1036
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1037
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1038
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1039
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1040
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1041
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1042
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1043
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1044
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1045
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1046
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1047
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1048
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1049
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1050
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min