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