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
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1202
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1203
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1204
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1205
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1206
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1207
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1208
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1209
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1210
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1211
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1212
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1213
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1214
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1215
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1216
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1217
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1218
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1219
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1220
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1221
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1222
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1223
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1224
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1225
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min