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.

Books
1776
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1777
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1778
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1779
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1780
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1781
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1782
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1783
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1784
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1785
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1786
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1787
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1788
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1789
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1790
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1791
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1792
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1793
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1794
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1795
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1796
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1797
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1798
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1799
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1800
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min