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
2201
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2202
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2203
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2204
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2205
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2206
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2207
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2208
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2209
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2210
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2211
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2212
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2213
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2214
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2215
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2216
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2217
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2218
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2219
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2220
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2221
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2222
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2223
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2224
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
2225
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min