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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1551
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1552
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1553
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1554
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1555
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1556
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1557
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1558
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1559
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1560
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1561
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1562
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1563
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1564
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1565
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1566
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1567
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1568
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1569
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1570
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1571
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1572
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1573
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1574
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1575
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min