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
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1727
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1728
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1729
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1730
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1731
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1732
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1733
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1734
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1735
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1736
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1737
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1738
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1739
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1740
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1741
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1742
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1743
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1744
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1745
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1746
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1747
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1748
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1749
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1750
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min