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
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1577
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1578
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1579
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1580
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1581
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1582
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1583
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1584
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1585
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1586
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1587
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1588
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1589
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1590
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1591
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1592
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1593
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1594
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1595
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1596
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1597
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1598
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1599
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1600
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min