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
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1802
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1803
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1804
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1805
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1806
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1807
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1808
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1809
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1810
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1811
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1812
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1813
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1814
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1815
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1816
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1817
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1818
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1819
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1820
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1821
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1822
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1823
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1824
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1825
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min