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
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1627
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1628
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1629
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1630
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1631
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1632
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1633
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1634
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1635
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1636
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1637
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1638
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1639
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1640
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1641
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1642
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1643
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1644
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1645
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1646
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1647
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1648
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1649
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1650
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min