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
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1652
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1653
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1654
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1655
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1656
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1657
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1658
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1659
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1660
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1661
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1662
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1663
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1664
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1665
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1666
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1667
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1668
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1669
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1670
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1671
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1672
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1673
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1674
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1675
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min