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
Luís de Camões: "Sonnet VIII"
3 min
1577
Susan McCabe: "Tasting the Last of the Ice Age"
3 min
1578
Tanella Boni: from "There where it’s so bright ...
3 min
1579
Guest Editor Interview: September 2022 Guest Ed...
22 min
1580
Michelle Whittaker: "Our Quarantine Story"
3 min
1581
Janine Joseph: "Oh, I’m Dying, I’m Dying,"
3 min
1582
Catherine Barnett: "2020"
3 min
1583
Adelaide Crapsey: "Saying of Il Haboul"
2 min
1584
Hazel Hall: "Disputed Tread"
2 min
1585
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon: "​​Pole| |Sport"
4 min
1586
Arisa White: "Curious and Counting"
2 min
1587
Nikky Finney: "The Inflammation"
8 min
1588
Hanif Abdurraqib: "I Was Told the Sunlight Was ...
4 min
1589
Asiya Wadud: "Shorn, treaded red"
3 min
1590
Carl Sandburg: "River Roads"
3 min
1591
Michael Field: "The Depths of the Grass"
3 min
1592
t'ai freedom ford: "house hunting as an act of ...
3 min
1593
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1594
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1595
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1596
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1597
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1598
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1599
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1600
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min