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