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
Ruth Ellen Kocher: "Grow"
4 min
527
Paul Hlava Ceballos: "ER S/P GSW"
3 min
528
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Tenebris"
3 min
529
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
4 min
530
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
531
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
532
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
533
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
534
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
535
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
536
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
537
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
538
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
539
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
540
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
541
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
542
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
543
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
544
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
545
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
546
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
547
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
548
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
549
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
550
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min