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
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1427
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1428
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1429
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1430
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1431
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1432
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1433
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1434
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1435
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1436
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1437
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1438
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1439
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1440
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1441
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1442
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1443
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1444
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1445
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1446
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1447
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1448
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1449
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1450
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min