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
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1352
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1353
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1354
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1355
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1356
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1357
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1358
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1359
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1360
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1361
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1362
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1363
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1364
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1365
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1366
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1367
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1368
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1369
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1370
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1371
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min
1372
Victoria Redel: "The Pact"
3 min
1373
Djuna Barnes: "Pastoral"
3 min
1374
Gertrude Stein: "Much Later"
1 min
1375
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min