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
1851
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
1852
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
1853
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
1854
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
1855
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
1856
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
1857
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
1858
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
1859
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
1860
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
1861
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1862
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1863
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1864
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1865
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1866
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1867
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1868
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1869
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1870
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1871
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1872
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1873
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1874
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1875
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min