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
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1502
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1503
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1504
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1505
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1506
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1507
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1508
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1509
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1510
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1511
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1512
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1513
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1514
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1515
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1516
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1517
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1518
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1519
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1520
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1521
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1522
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1523
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1524
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1525
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min