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
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1752
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1753
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1754
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1755
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1756
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1757
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1758
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1759
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1760
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1761
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1762
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1763
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1764
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1765
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1766
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1767
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1768
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1769
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1770
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1771
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1772
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1773
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1774
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1775
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min