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
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1652
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1653
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1654
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1655
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1656
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1657
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1658
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1659
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1660
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1661
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1662
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1663
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1664
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1665
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1666
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1667
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1668
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1669
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1670
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1671
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1672
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1673
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1674
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1675
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min