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
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1202
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1203
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1204
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1205
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1206
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1207
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1208
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1209
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1210
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1211
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1212
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1213
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1214
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1215
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1216
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1217
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1218
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1219
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1220
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1221
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1222
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1223
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1224
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1225
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min