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
1801
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1802
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1803
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1804
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1805
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1806
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1807
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1808
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1809
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1810
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1811
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1812
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1813
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1814
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1815
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1816
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1817
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1818
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1819
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1820
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1821
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min
1822
Jasmine Reid: "where all, we flowers"
3 min
1823
Roya Marsh: "Rememory"
2 min
1824
Sheila Maldonado: "window on my part-time emplo...
4 min
1825
Dawn Lundy Martin: from "The Laceration"
3 min