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
1226
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1227
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1228
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1229
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1230
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1231
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1232
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1233
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1234
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1235
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1236
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1237
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1238
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1239
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1240
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1241
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1242
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1243
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1244
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1245
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1246
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1247
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1248
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1249
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1250
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min