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
1501
May Sinclair: "The Dark Night (XVIII)"
2 min
1502
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1503
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1504
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1505
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1506
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1507
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1508
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1509
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1510
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1511
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1512
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1513
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1514
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1515
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1516
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1517
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1518
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1519
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1520
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1521
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min
1522
Victoria Redel: "The Pact"
3 min
1523
Djuna Barnes: "Pastoral"
3 min
1524
Gertrude Stein: "Much Later"
1 min
1525
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min