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
351
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
352
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
353
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
354
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
355
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
356
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
357
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
358
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
359
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
360
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
361
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
362
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
363
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
364
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
365
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
366
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
367
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
368
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
369
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
370
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
371
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
372
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
373
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
374
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
375
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min