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
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1802
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1803
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1804
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1805
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1806
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1807
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1808
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1809
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1810
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1811
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1812
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1813
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1814
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1815
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1816
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min
1817
Eran Eads: "TM"
1 min
1818
Brandon Brown: "Dog Park"
2 min
1819
Prageeta Sharma: "The Imperishable and Perishab...
2 min
1820
Charles Bertram Johnson: "A Song of Hope"
1 min
1821
Emily Dickinson: "That is solemn we have ended,...
0 min
1822
Nate Klug: "Jasmine"
2 min
1823
Merrill Gilfillan: "Just After Dawn"
1 min
1824
Noah Ross: "echium swallows"
3 min
1825
Ely Shipley: "Hiatus"
2 min