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
1151
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1152
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1153
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1154
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1155
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1156
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1157
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1158
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1159
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1160
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1161
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1162
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1163
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1164
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1165
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1166
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1167
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1168
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1169
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1170
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1171
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min
1172
Victoria Redel: "The Pact"
3 min
1173
Djuna Barnes: "Pastoral"
3 min
1174
Gertrude Stein: "Much Later"
1 min
1175
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min