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.

Books
1551
Lauren K. Alleyne: "How could I have known I wo...
3 min
1552
Ed Roberson: "The Neighbor's Street Sirens Sing"
6 min
1553
Emily Skillings: "Tenant"
3 min
1554
John Gould Fletcher: "Lincoln"
7 min
1555
Emily Dickinson: "Answer July"
2 min
1556
Rosamond S. King: "Do not trust the eraser"
2 min
1557
Guest Editor Interview: July 2022 Guest Editor ...
18 min
1558
Anne Spencer: "Dunbar"
1 min
1559
giovanni singleton: "b&w sonnet no. 1"
2 min
1560
Will Alexander: "Darkened Solar Implication"
3 min
1561
Pierre Joris: "On September 14th, Dante’s Death...
3 min
1562
Bryher: "The Pool"
2 min
1563
Amy Lowell: "A Decade"
1 min
1564
Ariana Reines: from "The Rose"
3 min
1565
Nat Raha: "[subterranean / dreaming grace roots]"
3 min
1566
Manal Kara: "[Country people enjoy dogs...]"
2 min
1567
Kaveh Akbar: "Love Poem with Bighead"
2 min
1568
Jordan Jace: "I want"
2 min
1569
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Emancipation"
3 min
1570
Bruce Nugent: "My Love"
1 min
1571
Ava Hofmann: "Mentally missturbed"
3 min
1572
fahima ife: "our general banality"
3 min
1573
Henneh Kyereh Kwaku: "dent"
3 min
1574
Sawako Nakayasu: from "Pink Waves"
3 min
1575
Jasmine Gibson: "Bird In Hand"
3 min