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
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1352
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1353
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1354
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1355
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1356
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1357
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1358
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1359
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1360
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1361
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1362
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1363
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1364
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1365
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1366
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1367
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1368
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1369
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1370
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1371
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1372
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1373
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1374
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1375
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min