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
1076
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1077
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1078
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1079
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1080
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1081
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1082
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1083
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1084
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1085
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1086
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1087
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1088
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1089
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1090
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1091
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1092
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1093
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1094
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1095
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1096
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1097
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1098
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1099
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1100
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min