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
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
652
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
653
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
654
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
655
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
656
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
657
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
658
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
659
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
660
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
661
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
662
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
663
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
664
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
665
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
666
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
667
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
668
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
669
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
670
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
671
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
672
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
673
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
674
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
675
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min