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