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