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
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1227
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1228
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1229
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1230
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1231
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1232
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1233
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1234
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1235
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1236
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1237
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1238
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1239
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1240
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1241
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1242
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1243
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1244
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1245
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1246
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1247
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1248
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1249
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1250
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min