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