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
1576
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1577
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1578
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1579
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1580
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1581
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1582
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1583
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1584
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1585
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1586
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1587
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1588
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1589
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1590
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1591
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1592
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1593
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1594
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1595
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1596
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1597
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1598
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1599
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1600
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min