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
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1152
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1153
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1154
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1155
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1156
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1157
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1158
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1159
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1160
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1161
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1162
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1163
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1164
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1165
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1166
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1167
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1168
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1169
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1170
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1171
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1172
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1173
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1174
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1175
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min