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
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1677
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1678
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1679
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1680
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1681
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1682
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1683
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1684
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1685
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1686
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1687
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1688
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1689
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1690
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1691
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1692
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1693
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1694
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1695
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1696
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1697
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1698
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1699
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1700
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min