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