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
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1602
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1603
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1604
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1605
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1606
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1607
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1608
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1609
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1610
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1611
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1612
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1613
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1614
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1615
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1616
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1617
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1618
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1619
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1620
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1621
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1622
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1623
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1624
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1625
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min