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
576
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
577
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
578
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
579
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
580
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
581
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
582
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
583
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
584
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
585
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
586
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
587
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
588
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
589
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
590
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
591
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
592
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
593
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
594
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
595
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
596
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
597
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
598
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
599
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
600
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min