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
1751
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1752
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1753
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1754
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1755
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min
1756
Jennifer Martelli: "Corinthians 13:11"
3 min
1757
Patrick Philips: "Having a Fight with You"
2 min
1758
Zohra Saed: "Walnuts in Nangarhar"
2 min
1759
Mina Loy: "Songs to Joannes, VII"
1 min
1760
Yone Noguchi: [The faint shadow of the morning ...
1 min
1761
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Red Delicious"
2 min
1762
Celeste Guzmán Mendoza: "Man Praying—Encroachment"
3 min
1763
Rohan Chhetri: "Acedia Sestina"
4 min
1764
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1765
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1766
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1767
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1768
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1769
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1770
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1771
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1772
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1773
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1774
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1775
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min