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
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1277
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1278
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1279
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1280
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1281
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1282
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1283
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1284
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1285
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1286
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1287
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1288
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1289
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1290
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1291
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1292
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1293
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1294
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1295
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1296
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1297
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1298
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1299
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1300
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min