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