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.
2026
George Abraham: "Searching for a Palestinian Ne...
6 min
2027
dee(dee) c. ardan: "freedom terrors"
8 min
2028
Precious Okoyomon: "The animal that is most vul...
2 min
2029
Tian-Ai: "Aspiration"
3 min
2030
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "With the Lark"
2 min
2031
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Little Grey Dreams"
2 min
2032
Rachel B. Glaser: "As dogs"
2 min
2033
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
2034
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
2035
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
2036
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
2037
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
2038
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
2039
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
2040
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
2041
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
2042
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
2043
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
2044
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
2045
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
2046
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
2047
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
2048
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
2049
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
2050
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min