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
1626
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1627
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1628
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1629
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1630
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1631
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1632
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1633
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1634
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1635
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1636
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1637
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1638
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1639
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1640
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1641
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1642
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1643
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1644
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1645
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1646
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1647
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1648
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1649
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1650
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min