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
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1452
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1453
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1454
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1455
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1456
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1457
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1458
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1459
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1460
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1461
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1462
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1463
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1464
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1465
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1466
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1467
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1468
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1469
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1470
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1471
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1472
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1473
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1474
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1475
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min