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