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
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1152
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1153
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1154
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1155
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1156
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1157
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1158
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1159
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1160
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1161
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1162
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1163
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1164
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1165
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1166
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1167
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1168
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1169
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1170
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1171
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1172
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1173
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1174
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1175
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min