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
101
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
102
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
103
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
104
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
105
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
106
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
107
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
108
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
109
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
110
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
111
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
112
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
113
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
114
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
115
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
116
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
117
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
118
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
119
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
120
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
121
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
122
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
123
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
124
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
125
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min