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
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1502
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1503
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1504
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1505
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1506
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1507
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1508
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1509
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1510
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1511
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1512
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1513
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1514
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1515
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1516
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1517
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1518
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1519
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1520
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1521
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1522
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1523
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1524
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1525
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min