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
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1152
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1153
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1154
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1155
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1156
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1157
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1158
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1159
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1160
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1161
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1162
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1163
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1164
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1165
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1166
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1167
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1168
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1169
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1170
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1171
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1172
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1173
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1174
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1175
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min