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
1626
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1627
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1628
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1629
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1630
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1631
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1632
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1633
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1634
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1635
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1636
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1637
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1638
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1639
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1640
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1641
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1642
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1643
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1644
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1645
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1646
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1647
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1648
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1649
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1650
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min