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
301
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
302
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
303
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
304
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
305
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
306
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
307
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
308
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
309
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
310
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
311
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
312
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
313
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
314
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
315
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
316
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
317
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
318
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
319
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
320
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
321
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
322
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
323
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min
324
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
4 min
325
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles: "Juggler"
3 min