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
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1527
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1528
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1529
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1530
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1531
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1532
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1533
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1534
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1535
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1536
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1537
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1538
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1539
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1540
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1541
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1542
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1543
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1544
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1545
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1546
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1547
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1548
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1549
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1550
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min