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
1126
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1127
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1128
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1129
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1130
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1131
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1132
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1133
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1134
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1135
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1136
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1137
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1138
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1139
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1140
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1141
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1142
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1143
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1144
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1145
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1146
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1147
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1148
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1149
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1150
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min