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
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1727
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1728
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1729
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1730
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1731
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1732
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1733
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1734
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1735
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1736
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1737
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1738
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1739
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1740
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1741
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1742
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1743
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1744
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1745
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1746
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1747
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1748
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1749
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1750
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min