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
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1752
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1753
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1754
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1755
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1756
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1757
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1758
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1759
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1760
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1761
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1762
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1763
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1764
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1765
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1766
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1767
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1768
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1769
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1770
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1771
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1772
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1773
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1774
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1775
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min