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
1726
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1727
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1728
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1729
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1730
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1731
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1732
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1733
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1734
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1735
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1736
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1737
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1738
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1739
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1740
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1741
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1742
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1743
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1744
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1745
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1746
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1747
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1748
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1749
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1750
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min