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
Truong Tran: from "begin again"
3 min
1827
Cathy Song: "April Moon"
2 min
1828
William Moore: "Here in the Time of the Winter ...
1 min
1829
Carrie Williams Clifford: "The New Year"
2 min
1830
Guest Editor Interview: January 2022 Guest Edit...
16 min
1831
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1832
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1833
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1834
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1835
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1836
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1837
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1838
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1839
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1840
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1841
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1842
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1843
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1844
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1845
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1846
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1847
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1848
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1849
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1850
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min