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
1851
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1852
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1853
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1854
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1855
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1856
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1857
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1858
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1859
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1860
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1861
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1862
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1863
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1864
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1865
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1866
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1867
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1868
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1869
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1870
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1871
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1872
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1873
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1874
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1875
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min