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
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1502
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1503
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1504
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1505
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1506
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1507
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1508
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1509
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1510
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1511
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1512
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1513
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1514
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1515
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1516
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1517
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1518
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1519
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1520
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1521
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1522
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1523
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1524
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1525
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min