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
1051
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1052
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1053
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1054
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1055
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1056
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1057
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1058
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1059
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1060
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1061
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1062
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1063
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1064
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1065
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1066
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1067
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1068
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1069
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1070
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1071
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1072
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1073
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1074
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1075
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min