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