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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1677
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1678
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1679
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1680
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1681
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1682
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1683
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1684
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1685
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1686
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1687
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1688
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1689
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1690
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1691
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1692
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1693
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1694
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1695
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1696
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1697
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1698
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1699
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1700
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min