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
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1402
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1403
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1404
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1405
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1406
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1407
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1408
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1409
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1410
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1411
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1412
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1413
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1414
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1415
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1416
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1417
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1418
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1419
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1420
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1421
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1422
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1423
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1424
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1425
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min