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
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
702
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
703
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
704
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
705
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
706
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
707
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
708
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
709
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
710
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
711
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
712
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
713
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
714
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
715
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
716
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
717
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
718
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
719
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
720
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
721
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
722
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
723
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
724
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
725
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min