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
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Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1452
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1453
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1454
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1455
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1456
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1457
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1458
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1459
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1460
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1461
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1462
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1463
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1464
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1465
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1466
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1467
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1468
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1469
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1470
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1471
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1472
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1473
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1474
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1475
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min