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
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1802
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1803
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1804
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1805
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1806
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1807
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1808
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1809
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1810
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1811
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1812
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1813
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1814
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1815
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min
1816
Genya Turovskaya: "Wisterical"
1 min
1817
Angelina Weld Grimké: "A Winter Twilight"
0 min
1818
Jones Very: "The Winter Bird"
1 min
1819
Michael Wasson: "So Call It Grace"
2 min
1820
Jenny Johnson: "Pedal"
3 min
1821
G. E. Patterson: "The Keeping Room"
4 min
1822
Eric Ekstrand: "Family Solo"
2 min
1823
Aditi Machado: "Then"
1 min
1824
Fenton Johnson: "Revery"
1 min
1825
Lola Ridge: "Altitude"
0 min