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
1476
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1477
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1478
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1479
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1480
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1481
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1482
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1483
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1484
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1485
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1486
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1487
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1488
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1489
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1490
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1491
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1492
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1493
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1494
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1495
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1496
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1497
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1498
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1499
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1500
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min