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
1101
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1102
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1103
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1104
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1105
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1106
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1107
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1108
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1109
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1110
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1111
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1112
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1113
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1114
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1115
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1116
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1117
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1118
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1119
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1120
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1121
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1122
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1123
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1124
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1125
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min