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
551
James Nack: "The Music of Beauty"
2 min
552
Brian Koukol: "Necromancy for the Bitter"
3 min
553
Latif Askia Ba: "Douglass Pool"
3 min
554
Kris Ringman: "Oak Skin"
3 min
555
Abiola Haroun: "Identity Voodoo"
3 min
556
Hayley Broadway: "Power Out!"
2 min
557
Alice Cornelia Jennings: "A Prayer in Signs"
5 min
558
William Gay: "A Sick-Room Idyll"
3 min
559
Guest Editor Interview: July 2023 Guest Editor ...
4 min
560
Rosmarie Waldrop: "A Valentine that Can’t Be Sent"
4 min
561
Cynthia Arrieu-King: "Ming the Clam"
3 min
562
José Felipe Alvergue: "mobile architecture"
5 min
563
Zaina Alsous: "Subjunctive"
3 min
564
Killarney Clary: "[Backlit by the glitter-chopp...
2 min
565
Willa Cather: "The Star Dial"
5 min
566
Arthur Rimbaud: from “A Season in Hell [Deliriu...
6 min
567
D. S. Marriott: "Letter on Alladat"
4 min
568
Chia-Lun Chang: "Vote Your Way to Hell"
3 min
569
Mark Nowak: from "...Again"
3 min
570
Leslie Sainz: "Sonnet for Ochún"
3 min
571
Chris Nealon: from "All About You"
2 min
572
Michael Field: "[It was deep April, and the morn]"
3 min
573
Oscar Wilde: "The New Remorse"
3 min
574
Wendy Trevino: "Poem"
1 min
575
Bhanu Kapil: "Pilgrimage"
3 min