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.
1776
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1777
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1778
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1779
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1780
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1781
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1782
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1783
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1784
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1785
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
1786
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
1787
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
1788
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
1789
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
1790
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
1791
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
1792
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
1793
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
1794
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
1795
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
1796
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
1797
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
1798
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min
1799
Allison Pitinii Davis: "The Function of Humor i...
1 min
1800
Ted Mathys: "Fool’s Gold"
1 min