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
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1402
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1403
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1404
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1405
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1406
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1407
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1408
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1409
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1410
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1411
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1412
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1413
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1414
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1415
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1416
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1417
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1418
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1419
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1420
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1421
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1422
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1423
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1424
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1425
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min