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
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1102
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1103
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1104
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1105
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1106
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1107
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1108
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1109
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1110
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1111
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1112
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1113
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1114
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1115
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1116
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1117
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1118
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1119
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1120
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1121
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1122
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1123
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1124
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1125
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min