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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Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1352
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1353
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1354
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1355
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1356
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1357
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1358
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1359
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1360
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1361
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1362
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1363
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1364
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1365
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1366
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1367
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1368
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1369
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1370
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1371
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1372
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1373
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1374
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1375
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min