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
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1527
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1528
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1529
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1530
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1531
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1532
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1533
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1534
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1535
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1536
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1537
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1538
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1539
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1540
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1541
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1542
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1543
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1544
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1545
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1546
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1547
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1548
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1549
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1550
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min