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
1551
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1552
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1553
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1554
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1555
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1556
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1557
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1558
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1559
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1560
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1561
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1562
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1563
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1564
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1565
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1566
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1567
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1568
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1569
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1570
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1571
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1572
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1573
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1574
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1575
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min