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
2076
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2077
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2078
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2079
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2080
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2081
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2082
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2083
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2084
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2085
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2086
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2087
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2088
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2089
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2090
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2091
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2092
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2093
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2094
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2095
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2096
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2097
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2098
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2099
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2100
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min