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