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
1251
Tarfia Faizullah: "Red-Lipped Poem"
2 min
1252
Maya C. Popa: "One Way or Another"
3 min
1253
Emily Pittinos: "A Cloud of Drench Bearing Down"
4 min
1254
Katherine Mansfield: "Voices of the Air"
2 min
1255
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1256
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1257
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1258
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1259
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1260
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1261
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1262
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1263
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1264
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1265
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1266
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1267
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1268
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1269
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1270
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1271
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1272
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1273
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1274
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1275
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min