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
626
Mona Kareem: "Masters and Lovers"
3 min
627
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min
628
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar: "Women of the 1980s"
3 min
629
Salomón de la Selva: "Tropical Town"
3 min
630
Iryna Shuvalova: "a moving grove"
4 min
631
Carmen Giménez: "Ode to People Who Hate Me"
3 min
632
Felicia Zamora: "Inner"
4 min
633
Joan Naviyuk Kane: "After Anchorage IV"
3 min
634
Ching-In Chen: "Breath for Metal"
4 min
635
Natalie Shapero: "Long Week Talking"
2 min
636
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt: "The Palace-Burner"
5 min
637
Edgar Guest: "Home"
4 min
638
Willyce Kim: "Places"
3 min
639
Guest Editor Interview: September 2023 Guest Ed...
17 min
640
M. NourbeSe Philip: "frigates that take us land...
4 min
641
Julie Ezelle-Patton: [Aeons quest eye on]
3 min
642
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
643
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
644
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
645
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
646
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
647
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
648
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
649
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
650
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min