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
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1427
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1428
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1429
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1430
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1431
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1432
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1433
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1434
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1435
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1436
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1437
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1438
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1439
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1440
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1441
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1442
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1443
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1444
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1445
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1446
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min
1447
Xan Phillips: "I Never Felt Comfortable in My O...
3 min
1448
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: "Lineage Anagrams II"
3 min
1449
Jennifer Firestone: from "Consequences of a Hea...
3 min
1450
Lam Lai: "I, New York"
4 min