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.
1851
Theodore Henry Shackelford: "Hope"
1 min
1852
Hallie Knight: "To Rebuild"
1 min
1853
Momtaza Mehri: "Reciprocity is a Two-Way Street"
5 min
1854
Sadia Hassan: "On the Last Day, the Bullet is A...
2 min
1855
Sumita Chakraborty: "The B-Sides of the Golden...
3 min
1856
Eloisa Amezcua: "The Witch Reads Me My Birthchart"
2 min
1857
Alison C. Rollins: "Love in Outer Space"
2 min
1858
Lucian B. Watkins: "Two Points of View"
0 min
1859
H. D.: "Evadne"
1 min
1860
Sanna Wani: "Tomorrow is a Place"
1 min
1861
Leila Chatti: "After Touching You, I Think of N...
1 min
1862
Jacqui Germain: "STILL UNBUTTONED & UNBOTHERED:...
2 min
1863
José Olivarez: "poem where no one is deported"
2 min
1864
Khadijah Queen: "Undoing"
1 min
1865
Babette Deutsch: "Silence"
1 min
1866
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.: "My Song"
1 min
1867
Hala Alyan: "Object Permanence"
2 min
1868
Safia Elhillo: "Ode to Sudanese-Americans"
3 min
1869
beyza ozer: "on holding rose water"
1 min
1870
Ladan Osman: "Take Wing Tempo"
2 min
1871
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "The New Decade"
1 min
1872
George Marion McClellan: "A January Dandelion"
1 min
1873
Léonie Adams: "Never Enough of Living"
1 min
1874
Jamila Woods: "Day 29 (2020)"
1 min
1875
Jacqueline Waters: "Ready for My Statement?"
1 min