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
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1127
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1128
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1129
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1130
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1131
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1132
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1133
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1134
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1135
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1136
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1137
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1138
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1139
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1140
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1141
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1142
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1143
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1144
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1145
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1146
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1147
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1148
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1149
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1150
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min