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
1176
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1177
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1178
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1179
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1180
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1181
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1182
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1183
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1184
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1185
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1186
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1187
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1188
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1189
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1190
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1191
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1192
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1193
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1194
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1195
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1196
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1197
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1198
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1199
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1200
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min