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
1301
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1302
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1303
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1304
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1305
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1306
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1307
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1308
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1309
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1310
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1311
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1312
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1313
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1314
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1315
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1316
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1317
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1318
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1319
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1320
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1321
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1322
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1323
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1324
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1325
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min