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
2101
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2102
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2103
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2104
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2105
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2106
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2107
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2108
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2109
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2110
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2111
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2112
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2113
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2114
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2115
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2116
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2117
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2118
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2119
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2120
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2121
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2122
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2123
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2124
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2125
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min