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
1651
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Winter with the Gulf St...
2 min
1652
Alireza Roshan: from "The Book of Absence"
7 min
1653
Ruth Madievsky: "Fog"
3 min
1654
Shane McCrae: "In the Event Of"
1 min
1655
Peter Grandbois: "When your son abandons the la...
2 min
1656
Yolanda Wisher: "no more grandma poems"
3 min
1657
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "A Desert Memory"
3 min
1658
Mrs. Minot Carter: "Fancies"
2 min
1659
William Stobb: "Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel"
3 min
1660
Esther Belin: "(De)colonial Therapy"
3 min
1661
Denise Lajimodiere: "Tawkwaymenahnah"
2 min
1662
Kathy Engel: "It would be water"
3 min
1663
Robin Chapman: "The Door-to-Door Saleswoman"
3 min
1664
Lynn Riggs: "Rhythm of Rain"
2 min
1665
Emily Pauline Johnson: "The Lost Lagoon"
2 min
1666
Sean Hill: "The White-headed Woodpecker"
5 min
1667
Angela C. Trudell Vasquez: "In the Discount Lot"
3 min
1668
James Crews: "Self-Compassion"
3 min
1669
CMarie Fuhrman: "Anne"
3 min
1670
Wendy Vardaman: "what we learn in time of pesti...
3 min
1671
Carlos Montezuma: "Changing Is Not Vanishing"
2 min
1672
Wa Wa Chaw: The Indians' Spirits
2 min
1673
Erin Coughlin Hollowell: "Maria and Oceanus"
5 min
1674
Max Garland: "In the Meantime"
4 min
1675
Camisha L. Jones: "On Working Remotely & No Lon...
3 min