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
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1402
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1403
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1404
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1405
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1406
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1407
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1408
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1409
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1410
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1411
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1412
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1413
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1414
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1415
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1416
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1417
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1418
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1419
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1420
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1421
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1422
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1423
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1424
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1425
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min