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