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
1876
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
1877
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
1878
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
1879
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
1880
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
1881
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
1882
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
1883
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
1884
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
1885
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
1886
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
1887
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
1888
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
1889
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
1890
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
1891
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
1892
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
1893
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
1894
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
1895
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
1896
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
1897
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
1898
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
1899
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
1900
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min