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
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
627
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
628
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
629
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
630
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
631
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
632
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
633
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
634
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
635
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
636
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
637
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
638
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
639
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
640
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
641
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
642
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
643
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
644
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
645
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
646
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
647
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
648
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
649
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
650
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min