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
1601
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1602
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1603
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1604
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1605
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1606
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1607
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1608
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1609
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1610
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1611
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1612
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1613
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1614
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1615
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1616
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1617
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1618
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1619
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1620
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1621
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1622
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1623
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1624
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1625
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min