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
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1227
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1228
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1229
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1230
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1231
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1232
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1233
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1234
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1235
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1236
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1237
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1238
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1239
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1240
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1241
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1242
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1243
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1244
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1245
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1246
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1247
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1248
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1249
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1250
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min