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
1651
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1652
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1653
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1654
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1655
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1656
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1657
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1658
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1659
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1660
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1661
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1662
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1663
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1664
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1665
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1666
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1667
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1668
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1669
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1670
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1671
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1672
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1673
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1674
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1675
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min