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.
1651
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1652
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1653
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1654
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1655
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1656
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1657
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1658
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1659
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1660
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1661
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1662
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1663
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1664
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1665
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1666
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1667
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1668
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1669
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1670
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1671
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1672
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1673
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min
1674
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1675
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min