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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1201
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1202
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1203
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1204
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1205
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1206
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1207
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1208
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1209
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1210
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1211
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1212
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1213
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1214
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1215
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
1216
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min
1217
A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min
1218
K. D. Harryman: "Whipping"
2 min
1219
Karisma Price: "Castnet Seafood"
4 min
1220
Matthew Wimberley: "Materials for a Gravestone ...
4 min
1221
Paige Lewis: "I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, H...
2 min
1222
John Crowe Ransom: "Winter Remembered"
3 min
1223
Léonie Adams: "A Gull Goes Up"
3 min
1224
Renia White: "off the shore of oneself as in . ...
2 min
1225
Rob Greene: "To the Young Second Lieutenant Sta...
3 min