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
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1577
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1578
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1579
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1580
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1581
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1582
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1583
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1584
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1585
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1586
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1587
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1588
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1589
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1590
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1591
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1592
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1593
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1594
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1595
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1596
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1597
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1598
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1599
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1600
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min