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
1426
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1427
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1428
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1429
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1430
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1431
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1432
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1433
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1434
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1435
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1436
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1437
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1438
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1439
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1440
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1441
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1442
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1443
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1444
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1445
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1446
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1447
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1448
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1449
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1450
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min