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.
1201
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1202
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1203
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1204
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1205
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1206
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1207
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1208
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1209
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1210
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1211
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1212
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1213
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1214
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1215
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1216
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1217
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1218
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1219
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1220
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1221
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1222
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1223
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1224
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1225
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min