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
Morris Rosenfeld: "The Nightingale to the Workman"
5 min
1427
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1428
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1429
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1430
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1431
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1432
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1433
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1434
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1435
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1436
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1437
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1438
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1439
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1440
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1441
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1442
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1443
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1444
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1445
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1446
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1447
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1448
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1449
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1450
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min