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