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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1376
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1377
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1378
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1379
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1380
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1381
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1382
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1383
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1384
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1385
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1386
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1387
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1388
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1389
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1390
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1391
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1392
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1393
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1394
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1395
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1396
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1397
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1398
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1399
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1400
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min