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
526
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
527
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
528
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
529
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
530
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
531
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
532
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
533
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
534
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
535
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
536
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
537
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
538
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
539
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
540
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
541
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
542
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
543
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
544
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
545
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
546
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
547
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
548
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min
549
Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,50...
3 min
550
SM Stubbs: "Faith"
2 min