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
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1377
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1378
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1379
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1380
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1381
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1382
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1383
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1384
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1385
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1386
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1387
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1388
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1389
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1390
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1391
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1392
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1393
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1394
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1395
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1396
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1397
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1398
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1399
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1400
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min