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
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1177
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1178
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1179
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1180
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1181
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1182
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1183
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1184
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1185
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1186
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1187
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1188
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1189
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1190
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1191
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1192
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1193
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1194
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1195
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1196
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1197
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1198
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1199
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1200
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min