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
1376
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1377
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1378
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1379
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1380
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1381
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1382
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1383
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1384
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1385
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1386
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1387
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1388
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1389
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1390
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1391
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1392
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1393
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1394
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1395
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1396
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1397
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1398
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1399
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1400
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min