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
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1502
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1503
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1504
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1505
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1506
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1507
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1508
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1509
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1510
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1511
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1512
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1513
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1514
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1515
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1516
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1517
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1518
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1519
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1520
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1521
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1522
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1523
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1524
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1525
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min