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
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Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1477
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1478
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1479
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1480
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1481
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1482
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1483
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1484
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1485
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1486
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1487
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1488
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1489
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1490
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1491
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1492
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1493
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1494
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1495
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1496
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1497
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1498
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1499
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1500
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min