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
1201
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1202
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1203
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1204
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1205
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1206
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1207
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1208
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1209
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1210
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1211
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1212
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1213
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1214
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1215
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1216
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1217
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1218
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1219
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1220
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1221
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1222
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1223
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1224
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1225
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min