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
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1077
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1078
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1079
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1080
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1081
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1082
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1083
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1084
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1085
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1086
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1087
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1088
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1089
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1090
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1091
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1092
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1093
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1094
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1095
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1096
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1097
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1098
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1099
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1100
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min