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
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1777
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1778
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1779
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1780
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1781
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1782
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1783
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1784
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1785
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1786
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1787
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1788
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1789
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1790
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1791
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1792
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1793
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1794
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1795
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1796
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1797
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1798
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1799
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1800
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min