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
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1202
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1203
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1204
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1205
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1206
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1207
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1208
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1209
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1210
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1211
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1212
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1213
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1214
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1215
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1216
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1217
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1218
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1219
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1220
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1221
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
1222
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min
1223
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
3 min
1224
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Hea...
3 min
1225
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
4 min