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
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1852
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1853
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1854
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1855
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1856
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1857
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1858
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1859
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1860
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1861
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1862
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1863
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1864
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1865
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1866
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1867
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1868
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1869
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1870
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1871
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min
1872
Adeeba Shahid Talukder: "A Love Note"
3 min
1873
Margaret Rhee: "The Year Before I Left For Mars"
4 min
1874
George Reginald Margetson: "The Call to Duty"
4 min
1875
Leonie Adams: "Midsummer"
2 min