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
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1177
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1178
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1179
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1180
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1181
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1182
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1183
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1184
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1185
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1186
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1187
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1188
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1189
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1190
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1191
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1192
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1193
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1194
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1195
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1196
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1197
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1198
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1199
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1200
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min