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