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 Thea Matthews. 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
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1427
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min
1428
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Appalling Heart"
2 min
1429
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Winter with the Gulf St...
2 min
1430
Alireza Roshan: from "The Book of Absence"
7 min
1431
Ruth Madievsky: "Fog"
3 min
1432
Shane McCrae: "In the Event Of"
1 min
1433
Peter Grandbois: "When your son abandons the la...
2 min
1434
Yolanda Wisher: "no more grandma poems"
3 min
1435
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "A Desert Memory"
3 min
1436
Mrs. Minot Carter: "Fancies"
2 min
1437
William Stobb: "Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel"
3 min
1438
Esther Belin: "(De)colonial Therapy"
3 min
1439
Denise Lajimodiere: "Tawkwaymenahnah"
2 min
1440
Kathy Engel: "It would be water"
3 min
1441
Robin Chapman: "The Door-to-Door Saleswoman"
3 min
1442
Lynn Riggs: "Rhythm of Rain"
2 min
1443
Emily Pauline Johnson: "The Lost Lagoon"
2 min
1444
Sean Hill: "The White-headed Woodpecker"
5 min
1445
Angela C. Trudell Vasquez: "In the Discount Lot"
3 min
1446
James Crews: "Self-Compassion"
3 min
1447
CMarie Fuhrman: "Anne"
3 min
1448
Wendy Vardaman: "what we learn in time of pesti...
3 min
1449
Carlos Montezuma: "Changing Is Not Vanishing"
2 min
1450
Wa Wa Chaw: The Indians' Spirits
2 min