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.
1751
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1752
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1753
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1754
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1755
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1756
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1757
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1758
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1759
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1760
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1761
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1762
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1763
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1764
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1765
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1766
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1767
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1768
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1769
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1770
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1771
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1772
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1773
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1774
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1775
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min