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
1326
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1327
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1328
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1329
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1330
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1331
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1332
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1333
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1334
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1335
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1336
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1337
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1338
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1339
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1340
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1341
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1342
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1343
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1344
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1345
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1346
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1347
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1348
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1349
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1350
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min