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
701
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
702
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
703
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
704
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
705
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
706
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
707
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
708
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
709
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
710
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
711
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
712
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
713
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
714
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
715
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
716
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
717
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
718
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
719
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
720
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
721
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
722
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
723
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
724
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
725
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min