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