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
1576
Katherine Mansfield: "Voices of the Air"
2 min
1577
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1578
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1579
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1580
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1581
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1582
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1583
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1584
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1585
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1586
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1587
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1588
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1589
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1590
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1591
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1592
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1593
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1594
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1595
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1596
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1597
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1598
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1599
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1600
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min