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
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1627
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1628
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1629
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1630
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1631
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1632
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1633
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1634
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1635
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1636
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1637
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1638
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1639
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1640
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1641
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1642
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1643
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1644
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1645
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1646
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1647
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1648
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1649
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1650
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min