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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1602
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1603
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1604
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1605
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1606
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1607
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1608
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1609
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1610
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1611
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1612
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1613
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1614
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1615
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1616
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1617
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1618
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1619
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1620
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1621
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1622
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1623
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1624
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1625
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min