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
401
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min
402
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar: "Women of the 1980s"
3 min
403
Salomón de la Selva: "Tropical Town"
3 min
404
Iryna Shuvalova: "a moving grove"
4 min
405
Carmen Giménez: "Ode to People Who Hate Me"
3 min
406
Felicia Zamora: "Inner"
4 min
407
Joan Naviyuk Kane: "After Anchorage IV"
3 min
408
Ching-In Chen: "Breath for Metal"
4 min
409
Natalie Shapero: "Long Week Talking"
2 min
410
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt: "The Palace-Burner"
5 min
411
Edgar Guest: "Home"
4 min
412
Willyce Kim: "Places"
3 min
413
Guest Editor Interview: September 2023 Guest Ed...
17 min
414
M. NourbeSe Philip: "frigates that take us land...
4 min
415
Julie Ezelle-Patton: [Aeons quest eye on]
3 min
416
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
417
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
418
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
419
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
420
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
421
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
422
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
423
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
424
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
425
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min