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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1327
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1328
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1329
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1330
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1331
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1332
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1333
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1334
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1335
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1336
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1337
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1338
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1339
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1340
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1341
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1342
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1343
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1344
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1345
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1346
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1347
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1348
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1349
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1350
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min