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
651
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
652
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
653
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
654
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
655
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
656
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
657
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
658
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
659
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
660
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
661
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
662
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
663
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
664
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
665
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
666
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
667
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
668
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min
669
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
4 min
670
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles: "Juggler"
3 min
671
Samiya Bashir: "Some days of wine and pastry"
6 min
672
Wendy Xu: "Notes on Sentence Crossing"
4 min
673
Mona Kareem: "Masters and Lovers"
3 min
674
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min
675
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar: "Women of the 1980s"
3 min