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
José de Espronceda: "Hymn to the Sun"
8 min
452
José Martí: From “Simple Verses”
5 min
453
Jackie Wang: "The Crypt Seed"
4 min
454
Yang Licai: "Dedicated to All Human Beings Who ...
6 min
455
Kay Gabriel: "Effete Poem"
4 min
456
Cindy Juyoung Ok: "To Bear the Ruse"
3 min
457
Gabrielle Civil: “Villainy” in LA
4 min
458
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Gong"
3 min
459
José María Heredia y Heredia translated by That...
9 min
460
Hannah Emerson: "Beauty Feast"
4 min
461
Najwan Darwish translated by Kareem James Abu-Z...
2 min
462
Ahmad Almallah: "Some Verse for the Depressed R...
6 min
463
Asiya Wadud: "number four"
4 min
464
Ekaterina Derysheva translated by Ryan Hardy, A...
3 min
465
Nicolas Heredia y Mota translated by Edgar Pegu...
3 min
466
Juan Julian Lastra: "Vas Doloris"
4 min
467
Rae Armantrout: "Skill Sets"
2 min
468
Katrine Øgaard Jensen: "Arachnoscientific Salva...
2 min
469
Aristilde Kirby: "Daria Ukiyo-e"
4 min
470
Carl Phillips: "That Part in the Music"
2 min
471
Carolina Ebeid: "Assume the Role of Cassandra, ...
3 min
472
Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada: "The Soul’s Desire"
4 min
473
Salvador de Madariaga: From “Spanish Folk Songs”
2 min
474
Sara Uribe translated by JD Pluecker: "Speech o...
7 min
475
Yoo Heekyung translated by Stine An: "Story—Lat...
5 min