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
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1127
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1128
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1129
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1130
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1131
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1132
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1133
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1134
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1135
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1136
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1137
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1138
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1139
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1140
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1141
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1142
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1143
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1144
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1145
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1146
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1147
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1148
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1149
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1150
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min