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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1452
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1453
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1454
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1455
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1456
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1457
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1458
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1459
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1460
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1461
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1462
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1463
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1464
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1465
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1466
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1467
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1468
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1469
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1470
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1471
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1472
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1473
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1474
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1475
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min