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
1526
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1527
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1528
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1529
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1530
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1531
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1532
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1533
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1534
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1535
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1536
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1537
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1538
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1539
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1540
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1541
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1542
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1543
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1544
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1545
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1546
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1547
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1548
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1549
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1550
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min