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
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1777
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1778
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1779
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1780
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1781
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1782
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1783
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1784
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1785
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1786
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1787
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1788
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1789
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1790
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1791
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1792
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1793
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1794
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1795
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1796
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1797
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1798
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1799
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1800
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min