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
2251
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2252
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2253
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2254
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2255
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2256
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2257
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2258
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2259
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2260
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2261
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2262
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2263
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2264
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2265
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2266
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2267
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2268
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
2269
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
2270
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
2271
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
2272
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
2273
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
2274
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
2275
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min