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
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1177
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1178
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1179
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1180
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1181
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1182
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1183
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1184
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1185
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1186
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1187
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1188
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1189
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1190
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1191
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1192
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1193
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1194
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1195
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1196
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1197
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1198
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1199
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1200
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min