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
501
Kay Gabriel: "Effete Poem"
4 min
502
Cindy Juyoung Ok: "To Bear the Ruse"
3 min
503
Gabrielle Civil: “Villainy” in LA
4 min
504
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Gong"
3 min
505
José María Heredia y Heredia translated by That...
9 min
506
Hannah Emerson: "Beauty Feast"
4 min
507
Najwan Darwish translated by Kareem James Abu-Z...
2 min
508
Ahmad Almallah: "Some Verse for the Depressed R...
6 min
509
Asiya Wadud: "number four"
4 min
510
Ekaterina Derysheva translated by Ryan Hardy, A...
3 min
511
Nicolas Heredia y Mota translated by Edgar Pegu...
3 min
512
Juan Julian Lastra: "Vas Doloris"
4 min
513
Rae Armantrout: "Skill Sets"
2 min
514
Katrine Øgaard Jensen: "Arachnoscientific Salva...
2 min
515
Aristilde Kirby: "Daria Ukiyo-e"
4 min
516
Carl Phillips: "That Part in the Music"
2 min
517
Carolina Ebeid: "Assume the Role of Cassandra, ...
3 min
518
Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada: "The Soul’s Desire"
4 min
519
Salvador de Madariaga: From “Spanish Folk Songs”
2 min
520
Sara Uribe translated by JD Pluecker: "Speech o...
7 min
521
Yoo Heekyung translated by Stine An: "Story—Lat...
5 min
522
Oriana Méndez translated by Erín Moure: "Fare...
3 min
523
Daniel Borzutzky: "Painblank"
5 min
524
Rusty Morrison: "To measure internal activity w...
4 min
525
Manuel José Othón translated by Alice Stone Bla...
3 min