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
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1202
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1203
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1204
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1205
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1206
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1207
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1208
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1209
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1210
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1211
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1212
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1213
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1214
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1215
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1216
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1217
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1218
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1219
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1220
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1221
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1222
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1223
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1224
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1225
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min