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
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1827
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1828
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1829
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1830
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1831
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1832
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1833
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1834
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min
1835
Kyle Dacuyan: "Hunter heart a lonely is the"
6 min
1836
Barton Smock: "Soonisms"
2 min
1837
Walter Everette Hawkins: "The Drowsy World Drea...
2 min
1838
Leonora Speyer: "Summer Sorrow"
2 min
1839
Jennifer Karmin: "work: an ode for the human mi...
3 min
1840
Jalynn Harris: "The Life of a Writer"
3 min
1841
Philip Schaefer: "Gradually Then Suddenly"
2 min
1842
E. C. Belli: "Vows"
2 min
1843
Kyle Carrero Lopez: "Untitled (Havana, 2000)"
4 min
1844
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Serenity"
1 min
1845
Winifred Welles: "Exile"
2 min
1846
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1847
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1848
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1849
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1850
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min