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
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
652
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
653
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
654
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
655
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
656
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
657
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
658
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
659
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
660
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
661
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
662
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
663
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
664
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
665
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
666
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
667
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
668
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
669
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
670
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
671
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
672
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
673
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
674
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
675
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min