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
Ameen Rihani: "Gone with the Swallows"
2 min
1652
Loretta Diane Walker: "Imagining My Neighbor"
3 min
1653
Zeina Azzam: "Nine Spice Mix"
3 min
1654
Kirk Wilson: "Gifts"
3 min
1655
Samuel Hazo: "High, Higher, Highest"
3 min
1656
Robin Robertson: "On Time"
2 min
1657
Vita Sackville-West: from "The Land"
2 min
1658
Kahlil Gibran: from "Sand and Foam"
1 min
1659
Mohja Kahf: "​​The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es ...
2 min
1660
Guest Editor Interview: April 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1661
Brian Tierney: "We Dream the Dreams Dreaming Us"
3 min
1662
Tina Chang: "Lion"
2 min
1663
Farnaz Fatemi: "Farnaz"
5 min
1664
Mark Wunderlich: "My Local Dead"
4 min
1665
Laura Riding Jackson: "The Spring Has Many Sile...
2 min
1666
Angelina Weld Grimké: "At the Spring Dawn"
2 min
1667
Jameson Fitzpatrick: "Divorce Song"
3 min
1668
Dana Jaye Cadman: "Ghosts"
2 min
1669
Monica Ferrell: "In Safranbolu"
4 min
1670
Rio Cortez: "Black Lead in a Nancy Meyers Film"
3 min
1671
Victoria Redel: "The Pact"
3 min
1672
Djuna Barnes: "Pastoral"
3 min
1673
Gertrude Stein: "Much Later"
1 min
1674
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min
1675
Eugenia Leigh: "Glossolalia"
3 min