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 Thea Matthews. 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
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1677
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1678
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1679
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1680
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1681
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1682
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1683
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1684
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1685
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1686
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1687
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1688
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1689
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1690
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1691
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1692
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1693
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1694
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1695
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1696
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1697
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1698
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1699
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1700
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min