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
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1577
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1578
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1579
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1580
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1581
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1582
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1583
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1584
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1585
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1586
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1587
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1588
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1589
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1590
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1591
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1592
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1593
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1594
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1595
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1596
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1597
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1598
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1599
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1600
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min