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
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1477
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1478
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1479
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1480
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1481
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1482
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1483
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1484
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1485
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1486
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1487
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1488
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1489
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1490
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1491
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1492
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1493
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1494
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1495
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1496
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1497
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1498
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1499
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1500
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min