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
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1402
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1403
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1404
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1405
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1406
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1407
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1408
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1409
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1410
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1411
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1412
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1413
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1414
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1415
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1416
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1417
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1418
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1419
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1420
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1421
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1422
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1423
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1424
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1425
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min