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
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
652
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
653
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
654
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
655
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
656
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
657
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
658
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
659
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
660
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
661
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
662
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
663
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
664
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
665
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
666
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
667
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
668
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
669
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
670
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
671
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min
672
Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,50...
3 min
673
SM Stubbs: "Faith"
2 min
674
Alexander Posey: "The Bluebird"
2 min
675
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "Fallen Leaves"
6 min