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
1726
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1727
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1728
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1729
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1730
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1731
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1732
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1733
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1734
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1735
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1736
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1737
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1738
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1739
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1740
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1741
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1742
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1743
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1744
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1745
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1746
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1747
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1748
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1749
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1750
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min