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
1251
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1252
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1253
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1254
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1255
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1256
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1257
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1258
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1259
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1260
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1261
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1262
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1263
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1264
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1265
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1266
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1267
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1268
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1269
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1270
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1271
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1272
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1273
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1274
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1275
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min