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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
201
Vladimir Lucien: "uses of the erotic"
4 min
202
Kaie Kellough: "if who"
3 min
203
Christina Rossetti: "On the Wing"
4 min
204
Amy Lowell: From “Evelyn Ray”
5 min
205
Jacqueline Johnson: "Oracle"
2 min
206
JoAnne McFarland: "Jersey"
2 min
207
Geoffrey Philp: "Haiku"
1 min
208
Anton Nimblett: "Balance"
3 min
209
Raina J. León: "making life on a palette"
5 min
210
Oscar Wilde: "In The Forest"
3 min
211
Sappho: "[O But My Delicate Lover]"
4 min
212
Guest Editor Interview: June 2024 Guest Editor ...
8 min
213
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie: "Miracles Welcome"
3 min
214
Terisa Siagatonu: "Praise Poem in the Key of Di...
3 min
215
Carol Ann Carl: "I Remember"
5 min
216
Simon Shieh: "Poem Addressed to You"
5 min
217
Lyz Soto: "Today I Am Full of Birds"
5 min
218
Kamini Roy: "In the Light"
4 min
219
Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger: "Midmorning"
3 min
220
Rajiv Mohabir: "Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale"
5 min
221
Aimee Suzara: "Birthing Woman as Viscera-Sucker"
4 min
222
Bao Phi: "To The People Who Have Resisted the U...
4 min
223
Anjoli Roy: "Last"
4 min
224
Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner: "Kaōnōn"
2 min
225
Tu Fu: "The Excursion"
5 min