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
1401
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1402
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1403
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1404
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1405
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1406
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1407
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1408
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1409
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1410
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1411
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1412
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1413
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1414
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1415
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1416
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1417
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1418
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1419
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1420
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1421
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1422
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1423
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1424
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1425
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min