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
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1352
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1353
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1354
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1355
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1356
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1357
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1358
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1359
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1360
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1361
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1362
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1363
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1364
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1365
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1366
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1367
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1368
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1369
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1370
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1371
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1372
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1373
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1374
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1375
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min