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
1701
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1702
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min
1703
Randall Horton: "preface to a traffic stop: sound"
2 min
1704
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1705
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1706
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1707
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1708
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1709
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1710
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1711
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1712
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1713
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1714
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1715
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1716
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1717
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1718
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1719
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1720
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1721
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1722
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1723
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1724
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1725
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min