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
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1552
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1553
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1554
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1555
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1556
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1557
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1558
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1559
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1560
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1561
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1562
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1563
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1564
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1565
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1566
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1567
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1568
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1569
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1570
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1571
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1572
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1573
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1574
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1575
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min