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
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1427
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1428
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1429
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1430
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1431
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1432
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1433
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1434
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1435
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1436
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1437
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1438
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1439
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1440
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1441
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1442
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1443
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1444
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1445
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1446
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1447
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1448
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1449
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1450
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min