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