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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Peter Balakian: "Little Richard"
4 min
1227
Tony Medina: "I’ve Got the Covid Blues"
5 min
1228
Lois Roma-Deeley: "Wild Horses Drink from the R...
4 min
1229
Kate Gale: "Chickens"
3 min
1230
Elena Karina Byrne: "Karma"
3 min
1231
Morris Rosenfeld: "The Nightingale to the Workman"
5 min
1232
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1233
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1234
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1235
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1236
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1237
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1238
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1239
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1240
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1241
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1242
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1243
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1244
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1245
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1246
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1247
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1248
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1249
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1250
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min