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
451
Guest Editor Interview: January 2025 Guest Edit...
13 min
452
D. H. Lawrence: "New Year’s Eve"
3 min
453
Mary Weston Fordham: "Passing of the Old Year"
4 min
454
Bob Holman: "Scotty and the Rib Tips"
4 min
455
Edwin Torres: "túmba la caña jibarito"
4 min
456
Myrna Nieves: "My Dead Relatives"
4 min
457
Urayoán Noel: "sueño convulso (seizure dream)"
5 min
458
Nancy Mercado: "2020 A Year to Forget"
2 min
459
Alberto Ríos: "Christmas on the Border, 1929"
6 min
460
Charlotte Brontë: "Winter Stores"
4 min
461
Sheila Maldonado: "herederos de cero"
3 min
462
David Henderson: "Blues Franchise"
4 min
463
Andrei Codrescu: "my yoga teacher kassandra"
2 min
464
Carlos Manuel Rivera: "Thanatos and Technophilia"
3 min
465
Sahar Romani: "Sign"
3 min
466
Alice Meynell: "West Wind in Winter"
3 min
467
Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald: "A Winter Day"
5 min
468
Puma Perl: "Domino Nights"
3 min
469
Carmen Bardeguez-Brown: "Rican Issues"
5 min
470
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez: "In a Grain of Sand"
4 min
471
Ed Morales: "The Talking Coconut"
3 min
472
Tennessee Reed: "Fantasy"
3 min
473
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Lament"
3 min
474
Mary Carolyn Davies: "A Casualty List"
4 min
475
Ammiel Alcalay: "My Apologies"
2 min