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
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1152
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1153
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1154
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1155
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1156
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1157
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1158
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1159
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1160
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1161
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1162
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1163
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1164
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1165
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1166
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1167
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1168
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1169
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1170
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1171
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1172
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1173
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1174
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1175
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min