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
1351
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1352
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1353
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1354
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1355
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1356
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1357
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1358
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1359
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1360
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1361
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1362
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1363
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1364
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1365
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1366
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1367
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1368
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1369
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1370
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1371
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1372
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1373
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1374
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1375
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min