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
1776
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1777
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1778
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1779
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1780
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1781
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1782
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1783
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1784
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1785
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1786
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1787
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1788
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1789
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1790
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1791
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1792
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1793
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1794
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1795
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1796
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1797
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1798
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1799
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1800
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min