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
1476
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1477
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1478
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1479
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1480
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1481
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1482
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1483
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1484
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1485
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1486
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1487
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1488
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1489
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1490
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1491
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1492
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1493
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1494
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1495
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1496
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1497
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1498
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1499
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1500
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min