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