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
Morris Rosenfeld: "The Nightingale to the Workman"
5 min
1052
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1053
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1054
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1055
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1056
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1057
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1058
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1059
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1060
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1061
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1062
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1063
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1064
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1065
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1066
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1067
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1068
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1069
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1070
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1071
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1072
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1073
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1074
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1075
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min