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
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1677
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1678
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1679
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1680
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1681
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1682
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1683
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1684
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1685
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1686
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1687
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1688
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1689
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1690
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1691
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1692
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1693
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min
1694
dg nanouk okpik: "When White Hawks Come"
https://poets.org/poem/when-white-hawks-come
0 min
1695
Louise Bogan: "Words for Departure"
2 min
1696
Natalie Diaz: "lake-loop"
4 min
1697
Benjamin Garcia: "Bliss Point or What Can Best ...
2 min
1698
francine j. harris: "Rabbit"
2 min
1699
Erin Belieu: "She Returns to the Water"
3 min
1700
Aaron Coleman: "Another Strange Land: Downpour ...
2 min