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.
1726
Marilyn Nelson: "Realization"
4 min
1727
Omotara James: "Pier 52"
6 min
1728
Patricia Spears Jones: "SELF PORTRAIT as retrat...
4 min
1729
Kamilah Aisha Moon: "Disbelief"
3 min
1730
Carl Phillips: "Character Being a Different Thi...
3 min
1731
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "A Wish"
1 min
1732
Mina King: "In Pursuit of Dawn"
3 min
1733
Nate Marshall: "iced out chain from the beauty ...
1 min
1734
Jenny Zhang: "under the chiming bell"
2 min
1735
Tarfia Faizullah: "Surah"
1 min
1736
Phillip B. Williams: "Order of Events"
2 min
1737
Hayan Charara: "Ode on an Abandoned House"
1 min
1738
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1739
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1740
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1741
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1742
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1743
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1744
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1745
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1746
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1747
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1748
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1749
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1750
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min