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.
1776
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1777
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1778
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1779
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1780
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1781
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1782
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1783
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1784
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1785
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1786
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1787
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1788
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1789
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
1790
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
1791
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
1792
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
1793
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
1794
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
1795
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
1796
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
1797
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
1798
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min
1799
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
5 min
1800
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
4 min