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.
1426
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1427
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1428
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1429
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1430
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1431
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1432
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1433
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1434
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1435
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1436
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1437
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1438
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1439
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1440
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1441
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1442
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1443
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1444
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1445
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1446
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1447
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min
1448
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1449
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min
1450
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Appalling Heart"
2 min