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.
1401
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1402
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1403
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1404
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1405
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1406
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1407
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1408
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1409
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1410
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1411
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1412
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1413
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1414
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1415
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1416
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1417
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1418
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1419
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1420
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1421
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1422
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1423
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1424
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1425
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min