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
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
602
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
603
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
604
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
605
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
606
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
607
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
608
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
609
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
610
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
611
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
612
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
613
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
614
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
615
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
616
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
617
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
618
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min
619
Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,50...
3 min
620
SM Stubbs: "Faith"
2 min
621
Alexander Posey: "The Bluebird"
2 min
622
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "Fallen Leaves"
6 min
623
Donika Kelly: "I love you. I miss you. Please g...
2 min
624
D. A. Powell: "The Miracle of Giving"
3 min
625
Flower Conroy: "Frog"
3 min