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
501
Christina Rossetti: "[A rose has thorns as well...
3 min
502
Juliana Huxtable: "KEY AND STRING"
3 min
503
Ariana Reines: "The Economy"
6 min
504
Tongo Eisen-Martin: "The Patient Ones"
2 min
505
Mónica de la Torre: "Theorem of Sorts"
5 min
506
Jericho Brown: "Lenoir"
3 min
507
John Clare: "Sheep in Winter"
3 min
508
Anne Bradstreet: "Winter"
4 min
509
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs: "suffering succotash"
6 min
510
Caleb Femi: "Baseline"
2 min
511
Joshua Weiner: "Solstice in Truro"
2 min
512
Nancy Kuhl: "Family Secret"
2 min
513
Juliana Spahr: "Ode to Goby"
5 min
514
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
515
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
516
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
517
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
518
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
519
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
520
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
521
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
522
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
523
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
524
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
525
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min