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
1826
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1827
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1828
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1829
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1830
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1831
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1832
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1833
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1834
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1835
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1836
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1837
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1838
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1839
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1840
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1841
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1842
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1843
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1844
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1845
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1846
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1847
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1848
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1849
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1850
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min