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
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
627
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
628
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
629
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
630
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
631
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
632
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
633
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
634
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
635
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
636
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
637
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
638
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
639
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
640
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
641
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
642
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
643
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
644
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
645
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
646
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
647
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
648
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
649
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
650
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min