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
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1227
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1228
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1229
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1230
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1231
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1232
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1233
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1234
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1235
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1236
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1237
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1238
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1239
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1240
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1241
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1242
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1243
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1244
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1245
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1246
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1247
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1248
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1249
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1250
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min