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
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1577
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1578
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1579
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1580
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1581
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1582
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1583
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1584
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1585
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1586
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1587
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1588
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1589
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1590
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1591
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1592
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1593
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1594
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1595
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1596
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1597
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1598
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1599
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1600
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min