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
1326
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1327
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1328
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1329
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1330
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1331
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1332
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1333
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1334
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1335
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1336
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1337
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1338
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1339
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1340
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1341
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1342
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1343
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1344
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1345
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1346
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
1347
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min
1348
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
3 min
1349
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Hea...
3 min
1350
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
4 min