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
1276
Yvor Winters: "The Moonlight"
1 min
1277
Liza Katz Duncan: "Apostrophe"
2 min
1278
C. Prudence Arceneaux: "Menopause"
4 min
1279
Clemonce Heard: "The United States of Montessori"
3 min
1280
Kim Stafford: "For the Bird Singing before Dawn"
3 min
1281
Matt Gonzalez: "Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy"
3 min
1282
Deema K. Shehabi: "Vista"
3 min
1283
Jamil B. Holway: "Throbbings"
3 min
1284
KB Brookins: "Good Grief"
7 min
1285
Nathalie Handal: "The City"
3 min
1286
Zeina Hashem Beck: "Time,"
4 min
1287
Michael Simms: "Imperfect"
2 min
1288
Cyrus Cassells: "Guitarrero!"
4 min
1289
Home: "Ken Cockburn"
2 min
1290
Evelyn Scott: "From Brooklyn"
1 min
1291
E. E. Cummings: "[since feeling is first]"
1 min
1292
Mosab Abu Toha: "Mouth Still Open"
2 min
1293
Cecily Parks: "Sunday"
3 min
1294
Rosemary Catacalos: "Mr. Chairman Takes His Leave"
5 min
1295
José Antonio Rodríguez: "Mercy"
2 min
1296
Jenny Browne: "Late Fermata"
3 min
1297
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1298
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1299
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1300
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min