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
2426
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2427
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2428
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2429
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2430
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2431
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min
2432
Ray Young Bear: "In Pine, Arizona"
5 min
2433
"We Two" by H. D.
1 min
2434
Helen Hunt Jackson: "Two"
2 min
2435
Peter Balakian: "Waiting for a Number"
1 min
2436
Patricia Smith: "Now He's an Etching"
1 min
2437
Pamela Uschuk: "Green Flame"
1 min
2438
Naomi Shihab Nye: "On Doubt and Bad Reviews"
1 min
2439
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: "Wonder"
7 min
2440
Carl Sandburg: "Monotone"
0 min
2441
Effie Waller Smith: "The Rainbow"
0 min
2442
Marilyn Kallet: "Beggar"
0 min
2443
Marilyn Hacker: "Ghazal !يا لطيف (Ya Lateef!)"
1 min
2444
Kimberly Blaeser: "The Way We Love Something Sm...
0 min
2445
Katie Condon: "Big with Dawn"
1 min
2446
Elise Paschen: "Aerial, Wild Pine"
1 min
2447
Rainer Maria Rilke: "In April"
1 min
2448
Fenton Johnson: "The Miracle"
1 min
2449
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen: "the pomegranate’s deci...
1 min
2450
Aracelis Girmay: "[When I come home they rush t...
2 min