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