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.
1601
Luther Hughes: [Like the Japanese cherry blosso...
4 min
1602
Ellen Bass: "Fracture"
3 min
1603
Elizabeth Barnett: "You remember the feeling bu...
2 min
1604
Ladan Osman: "Sun to Void"
4 min
1605
William Cullen Bryant: "Summer Wind"
5 min
1606
Else Lasker-Schüler: "Reconciliation"
2 min
1607
Bernard Ferguson: "awaiting a carriage, any"
3 min
1608
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "The Sunset and the P...
2 min
1609
Omotara James: "A Flair for Language"
4 min
1610
Stephanie Cawley: "Not"
4 min
1611
Marissa Davis: "Ecclesiastes: Thirteen-Year Cic...
3 min
1612
Trumbull Stickney: "At Sainte-Marguerite"
5 min
1613
Anne Reeve Aldrich: "Rose Song"
3 min
1614
Destiny O. Birdsong: "I Go Back to Myself, Apri...
4 min
1615
Kayleb Rae Candrilli: "Daytona 500"
3 min
1616
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The Understudy"
3 min
1617
Diamond Forde: "Rememory"
4 min
1618
Rajiv Mohabir: "Give Me a Boat That Can Carry Two"
2 min
1619
Guest Editor Interview: August 2022 Guest Edito...
14 min
1620
George Santayana: "Cape Cod"
3 min
1621
Zinaida Gippius: [I seek for rhythmic whisperings]
3 min
1622
Saretta Morgan: from “Consequences upon Arrival”
6 min
1623
Simone White: "the intimacies of what will be c...
5 min
1624
Charles Bernstein: "Why Do You Love the Poem?"
4 min
1625
Uche Nduka: "Document"
3 min