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
1801
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1802
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1803
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1804
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1805
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1806
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1807
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1808
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1809
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1810
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1811
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1812
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1813
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1814
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1815
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1816
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1817
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1818
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1819
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1820
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1821
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1822
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1823
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1824
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1825
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min