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.

Books
2051
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2052
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2053
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2054
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
2055
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
2056
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
2057
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
2058
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
2059
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
2060
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
2061
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
2062
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
2063
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
2064
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
2065
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
2066
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min
2067
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream...
3 min
2068
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
6 min
2069
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
5 min
2070
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
3 min
2071
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
4 min
2072
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Elev...
7 min
2073
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
2 min
2074
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
4 min
2075
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexi...
5 min