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
Lord Alfred Douglas: "In Summer"
4 min
102
Maral Taheri, translated by Hajar Hussaini: "As...
12 min
103
Pamela Mordecai: "savage"
2 min
104
Trish Salah: "without a word"
3 min
105
Anthony Vahni Capildeo: "Niche"
3 min
106
Paolo Javier: "What good news in the world"
2 min
107
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Greenness"
3 min
108
Fitz-Greene Halleck: "Twilight"
6 min
109
Seema Reza: "The neurologist gives us permission"
2 min
110
Shailja Patel: "Solstice Re-pot"
2 min
111
Romeo Oriogun: "Griot of Strange Places"
2 min
112
Évelyne Trouillot, translated by Danielle Legro...
5 min
113
Kettly Mars, translated by Nathan H. Dize: "Bet...
4 min
114
Kwame Dawes: "Purple"
2 min
115
Algernon Charles Swinburne: "Before Parting"
6 min
116
Jacqueline Bishop: "Doilies"
3 min
117
Christina Olivares: "Preserving an Ecosystem"
2 min
118
Purvi Shah: "You believed only a girl born of d...
3 min
119
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
120
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
121
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
122
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
123
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
124
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
125
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min