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
Morris Rosenfeld: "The Nightingale to the Workman"
5 min
1177
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1178
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1179
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1180
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1181
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1182
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1183
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1184
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1185
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1186
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1187
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1188
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1189
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1190
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1191
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1192
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1193
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1194
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1195
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1196
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1197
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1198
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1199
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1200
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min