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
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Emancipation"
3 min
1152
Bruce Nugent: "My Love"
1 min
1153
Ava Hofmann: "Mentally missturbed"
3 min
1154
fahima ife: "our general banality"
3 min
1155
Henneh Kyereh Kwaku: "dent"
3 min
1156
Sawako Nakayasu: from "Pink Waves"
3 min
1157
Jasmine Gibson: "Bird In Hand"
3 min
1158
Sappho: "One Girl"
2 min
1159
A. E. Housman: "A Shropshire Lad, XXX"
2 min
1160
Rindon Johnson: "There Is a Black Fly in Your C...
3 min
1161
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "sky hammer"
4 min
1162
Chase Berggrun: "Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'"
3 min
1163
manuel arturo abreu: "Klangfarbenmelodie"
3 min
1164
Alain Mabanckou: from "When the Rooster Announc...
3 min
1165
Elsa Gidlow: "Of a Certain Friendship"
2 min
1166
Hart Crane: "Voyages V"
2 min
1167
Claire Meuschke: "Caught Sight"
3 min
1168
Brandon Shimoda: "Rest House"
3 min
1169
essa may ranapiri: "Hinemoana"
3 min
1170
Guest Editor Interview: June 2022 Guest Editor ...
15 min
1171
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Seawall soliloquy number...
2 min
1172
Sage Uʻilani Takehiro: "Fire Dragon"
5 min
1173
Sarojini Naidu: "The Gift of India"
2 min
1174
Iris Tree: "[The sun is lord of life and colour]"
2 min
1175
Arielle Taitano Lowe: "The Weavers Were the Fir...
4 min