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
2301
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2302
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2303
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2304
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2305
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2306
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2307
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2308
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2309
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2310
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2311
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2312
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2313
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2314
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2315
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2316
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2317
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2318
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2319
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2320
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2321
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2322
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2323
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2324
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2325
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min