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
1676
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1677
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1678
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1679
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1680
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1681
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1682
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1683
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1684
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1685
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1686
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1687
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1688
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1689
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1690
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1691
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1692
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1693
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1694
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1695
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1696
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1697
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1698
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1699
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1700
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min