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
601
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
602
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
603
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
604
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
605
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
606
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
607
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
608
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
609
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
610
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
611
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
612
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
613
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
614
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
615
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
616
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
617
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
618
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
619
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
620
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
621
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min
622
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
4 min
623
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles: "Juggler"
3 min
624
Samiya Bashir: "Some days of wine and pastry"
6 min
625
Wendy Xu: "Notes on Sentence Crossing"
4 min