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
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1627
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1628
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1629
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1630
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1631
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1632
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1633
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1634
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1635
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1636
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1637
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1638
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1639
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1640
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1641
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1642
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1643
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1644
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1645
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1646
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1647
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1648
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1649
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1650
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min