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.
1626
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1627
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1628
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1629
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1630
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1631
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1632
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1633
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1634
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1635
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1636
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1637
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1638
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1639
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1640
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1641
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1642
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1643
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1644
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1645
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1646
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1647
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1648
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min
1649
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1650
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min