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
1826
Assétou Xango: "Give Your Daughters Difficult N...
4 min
1827
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
1828
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
1829
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
1830
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
1831
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
1832
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
1833
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
1834
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
1835
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
1836
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
1837
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
1838
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
1839
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
1840
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
1841
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
1842
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
1843
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
1844
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
1845
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
1846
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
1847
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1848
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1849
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1850
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min