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
Cecily Parks: "Sunday"
3 min
1327
Rosemary Catacalos: "Mr. Chairman Takes His Leave"
5 min
1328
José Antonio Rodríguez: "Mercy"
2 min
1329
Jenny Browne: "Late Fermata"
3 min
1330
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1331
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1332
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1333
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1334
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1335
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1336
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1337
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1338
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1339
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1340
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1341
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1342
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1343
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1344
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1345
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1346
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1347
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1348
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1349
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1350
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min