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
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1752
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1753
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1754
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1755
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1756
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1757
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1758
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1759
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1760
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1761
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1762
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1763
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1764
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1765
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1766
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1767
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1768
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1769
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1770
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1771
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1772
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1773
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1774
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1775
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min