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.

Books
1526
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1527
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1528
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1529
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1530
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1531
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1532
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1533
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1534
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1535
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1536
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1537
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1538
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1539
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1540
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1541
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1542
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1543
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1544
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1545
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1546
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1547
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1548
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1549
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1550
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min