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
Major Jackson: "Language of the Moon"
4 min
1252
Lauren K. Alleyne: "How could I have known I wo...
3 min
1253
Ed Roberson: "The Neighbor's Street Sirens Sing"
6 min
1254
Emily Skillings: "Tenant"
3 min
1255
John Gould Fletcher: "Lincoln"
7 min
1256
Emily Dickinson: "Answer July"
2 min
1257
Rosamond S. King: "Do not trust the eraser"
2 min
1258
Guest Editor Interview: July 2022 Guest Editor ...
18 min
1259
Anne Spencer: "Dunbar"
1 min
1260
giovanni singleton: "b&w sonnet no. 1"
2 min
1261
Will Alexander: "Darkened Solar Implication"
3 min
1262
Pierre Joris: "On September 14th, Dante’s Death...
3 min
1263
Bryher: "The Pool"
2 min
1264
Amy Lowell: "A Decade"
1 min
1265
Ariana Reines: from "The Rose"
3 min
1266
Nat Raha: "[subterranean / dreaming grace roots]"
3 min
1267
Manal Kara: "[Country people enjoy dogs...]"
2 min
1268
Kaveh Akbar: "Love Poem with Bighead"
2 min
1269
Jordan Jace: "I want"
2 min
1270
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Emancipation"
3 min
1271
Bruce Nugent: "My Love"
1 min
1272
Ava Hofmann: "Mentally missturbed"
3 min
1273
fahima ife: "our general banality"
3 min
1274
Henneh Kyereh Kwaku: "dent"
3 min
1275
Sawako Nakayasu: from "Pink Waves"
3 min