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
Gabrielle Marshall: "The Power of Hope Today"
2 min
1677
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1678
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1679
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1680
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1681
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1682
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1683
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1684
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1685
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1686
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1687
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1688
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1689
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1690
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1691
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1692
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1693
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1694
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1695
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1696
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1697
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1698
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1699
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1700
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min