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
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1102
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1103
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1104
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1105
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1106
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1107
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1108
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1109
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1110
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1111
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1112
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1113
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1114
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1115
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1116
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1117
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1118
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1119
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1120
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1121
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1122
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1123
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1124
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1125
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min