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
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1052
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1053
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1054
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1055
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1056
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1057
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1058
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1059
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1060
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1061
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1062
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1063
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1064
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1065
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1066
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1067
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1068
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1069
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1070
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1071
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1072
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1073
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1074
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1075
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min