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
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1152
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1153
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1154
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1155
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1156
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1157
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1158
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1159
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1160
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1161
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1162
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1163
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1164
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1165
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1166
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1167
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1168
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1169
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1170
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1171
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1172
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1173
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1174
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1175
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min