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
1501
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1502
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1503
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1504
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1505
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1506
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1507
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1508
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1509
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1510
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1511
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1512
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1513
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1514
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1515
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1516
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1517
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1518
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1519
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1520
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1521
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1522
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1523
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1524
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1525
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min