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.
1501
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1502
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1503
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1504
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1505
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1506
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1507
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1508
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1509
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1510
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1511
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1512
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1513
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1514
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1515
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1516
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1517
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1518
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1519
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1520
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1521
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1522
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1523
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1524
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1525
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min