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
1301
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1302
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1303
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1304
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1305
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1306
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1307
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1308
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1309
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1310
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1311
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1312
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1313
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1314
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1315
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1316
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1317
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1318
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1319
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1320
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1321
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1322
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1323
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1324
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1325
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min