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
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1677
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1678
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1679
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1680
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1681
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1682
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1683
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1684
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1685
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1686
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1687
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1688
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1689
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1690
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1691
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1692
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1693
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1694
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1695
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1696
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1697
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1698
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1699
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1700
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min