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
Peter Balakian: "Little Richard"
4 min
1402
Tony Medina: "I’ve Got the Covid Blues"
5 min
1403
Lois Roma-Deeley: "Wild Horses Drink from the R...
4 min
1404
Kate Gale: "Chickens"
3 min
1405
Elena Karina Byrne: "Karma"
3 min
1406
Morris Rosenfeld: "The Nightingale to the Workman"
5 min
1407
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1408
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1409
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1410
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1411
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1412
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1413
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1414
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1415
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1416
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1417
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1418
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1419
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1420
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1421
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1422
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1423
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1424
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1425
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min