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
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1452
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1453
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1454
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1455
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1456
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1457
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1458
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1459
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1460
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1461
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1462
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1463
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1464
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1465
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1466
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1467
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1468
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1469
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1470
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1471
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1472
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1473
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1474
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1475
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min