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
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2302
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2303
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2304
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2305
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2306
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2307
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2308
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2309
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2310
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2311
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2312
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2313
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2314
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2315
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2316
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2317
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2318
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2319
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2320
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2321
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2322
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2323
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2324
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2325
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min