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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1452
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1453
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1454
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1455
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1456
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1457
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1458
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1459
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1460
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1461
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1462
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1463
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1464
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min
1465
Deborah Paredez: “Uvalde Shooting Highlights Ro...
4 min
1466
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "The Sheaves"
2 min
1467
Edith Sitwell: "Fireworks"
3 min
1468
Jena Osman: "Dissent and the Hydra"
4 min
1469
Tyrone Williams: "stilettos in a rifle range"
2 min
1470
Patricia Spears Jones: "Saturnine"
4 min
1471
Mihee Kim: "time travel"
3 min
1472
César Vallejo: "Spider"
3 min
1473
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 60"
3 min
1474
Leonora Speyer "The Locust"
1 min
1475
Kit Robinson: "Leaves of Today"
2 min