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
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1552
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1553
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1554
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1555
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1556
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1557
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1558
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1559
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1560
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1561
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1562
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1563
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1564
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1565
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1566
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1567
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1568
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1569
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1570
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1571
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1572
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1573
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1574
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1575
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min