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
2351
Saretta Morgan: [excerpt from] Alt-Nature
2 min
2352
James Weldon Johnson: "Beauty That is Never Old...
1 min
2353
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Benediction"
0 min
2354
Helen Dimos: "For One Dead"
2 min
2355
Tiana Reid: "did-you-just-say-thang theory"
2 min
2356
Brandon Shimoda: "All Souls Procession"
1 min
2357
Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"
2 min
2358
Erica Hunt: "Lines on Love's (Loss*)"
2 min
2359
William Saphier: "Childhood Memories"
1 min
2360
E. Pauline Johnson: "Through Time and Bitter Di...
1 min
2361
Sun Yung Shin: "A History of Domestication"
1 min
2362
Shane McCrae: "What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness"
0 min
2363
Eduardo C. Corral: "To Francisco X. Alarcón (1...
1 min
2364
Asiya Wadud: "attention as a form of ethics [ex...
1 min
2365
Claire Wahmanholm: "Poem with No Children In It"
1 min
2366
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2367
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2368
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2369
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2370
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2371
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2372
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2373
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2374
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2375
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min