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
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Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1327
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1328
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1329
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1330
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1331
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1332
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1333
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1334
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1335
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1336
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1337
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1338
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1339
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1340
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1341
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1342
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1343
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1344
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1345
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1346
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1347
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1348
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1349
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1350
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min