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
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1102
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1103
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1104
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1105
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1106
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1107
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1108
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1109
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1110
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1111
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1112
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1113
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1114
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1115
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1116
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1117
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1118
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1119
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1120
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1121
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1122
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1123
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1124
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
1125
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min