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
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1427
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1428
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1429
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1430
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1431
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1432
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1433
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1434
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1435
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1436
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1437
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1438
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1439
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1440
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1441
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1442
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1443
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1444
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1445
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1446
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1447
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1448
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1449
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1450
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min