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
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1077
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1078
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1079
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1080
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1081
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1082
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1083
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1084
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1085
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1086
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1087
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1088
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1089
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1090
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1091
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1092
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1093
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1094
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1095
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1096
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1097
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1098
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1099
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1100
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min