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
1751
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1752
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1753
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1754
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1755
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1756
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1757
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1758
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1759
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1760
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1761
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1762
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1763
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1764
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1765
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
1766
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
1767
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1768
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1769
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1770
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min
1771
Robyn Schiff: "Oak Gall Wasp"
4 min
1772
Anne Carson: "O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love"
0 min
1773
Zach Savich: "Rust Honey"
1 min
1774
Donna Stonecipher: "The Ruins of Nostalgia 59"
3 min
1775
Yona Harvey: "Hickory Street, New Orleans"
2 min