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
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1627
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1628
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1629
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1630
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1631
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1632
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1633
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1634
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1635
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1636
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1637
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1638
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1639
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1640
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1641
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1642
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1643
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1644
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1645
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1646
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1647
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1648
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1649
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1650
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min