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
1276
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1277
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1278
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1279
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1280
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1281
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1282
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1283
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1284
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1285
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1286
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1287
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1288
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1289
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1290
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1291
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1292
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1293
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1294
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1295
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1296
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1297
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1298
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1299
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1300
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min