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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
226
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
227
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
228
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
229
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
230
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
231
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
232
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
233
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
234
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
235
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
236
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
237
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
238
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
239
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
240
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
241
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
242
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
243
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
244
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min
245
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
4 min
246
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles: "Juggler"
3 min
247
Samiya Bashir: "Some days of wine and pastry"
6 min
248
Wendy Xu: "Notes on Sentence Crossing"
4 min
249
Mona Kareem: "Masters and Lovers"
3 min
250
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min