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
1776
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1777
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1778
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1779
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1780
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1781
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1782
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1783
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1784
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1785
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1786
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1787
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1788
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1789
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1790
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1791
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1792
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1793
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1794
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1795
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1796
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1797
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1798
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1799
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1800
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min