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
1451
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1452
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1453
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1454
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1455
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1456
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1457
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1458
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1459
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1460
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1461
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1462
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1463
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1464
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1465
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1466
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1467
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1468
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1469
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1470
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1471
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1472
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1473
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1474
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1475
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min