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 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1152
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1153
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1154
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1155
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1156
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1157
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1158
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1159
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1160
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1161
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1162
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1163
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1164
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1165
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1166
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1167
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1168
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1169
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1170
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1171
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1172
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1173
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1174
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1175
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min