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