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
1401
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1402
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1403
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1404
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1405
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1406
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1407
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1408
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1409
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1410
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1411
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1412
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1413
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1414
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1415
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1416
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1417
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1418
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1419
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1420
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1421
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1422
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1423
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1424
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1425
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min