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
1701
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1702
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1703
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1704
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1705
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1706
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1707
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1708
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1709
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1710
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1711
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1712
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1713
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1714
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1715
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1716
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1717
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1718
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1719
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1720
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1721
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1722
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1723
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1724
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1725
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min