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