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
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1452
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1453
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1454
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1455
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1456
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1457
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1458
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1459
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1460
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1461
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1462
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1463
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1464
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1465
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1466
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1467
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1468
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1469
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1470
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1471
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1472
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1473
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1474
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1475
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min