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.
1876
Lola Ridge: "Wind Rising in the Alleys"
2 min
1877
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.: "In Summer Twilight"
1 min
1878
S*an D. Henry Smith: "Remedies I"
3 min
1879
Duriel E. Harris: "What he thought belly down, ...
4 min
1880
Camonghne Felix: "Born. Living. Will. Die."
2 min
1881
Karla Cordero: "Everything Needs Fixing"
4 min
1882
Wo Chan: "the shoes"
4 min
1883
Carl Sandburg: "Good Night"
2 min
1884
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "July"
1 min
1885
Samiya Bashir: "i traveled the world. it was fi...
3 min
1886
Guest Editor Interview: July Guest Editor R. Er...
26 min
1887
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
1888
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
1889
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
1890
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
1891
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
1892
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
1893
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
1894
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
1895
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
1896
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
1897
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
1898
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
1899
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1900
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min