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
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
702
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
703
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
704
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
705
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
706
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
707
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
708
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
709
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
710
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
711
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
712
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
713
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
714
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
715
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
716
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
717
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min
718
Canisia Lubrin: from "The World After Rain"
4 min
719
Aaron Boothby: "Jurupa Hills / Riverside"
3 min
720
Amado Nervo: "To Leonora"
4 min
721
Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles: "Juggler"
3 min
722
Samiya Bashir: "Some days of wine and pastry"
6 min
723
Wendy Xu: "Notes on Sentence Crossing"
4 min
724
Mona Kareem: "Masters and Lovers"
3 min
725
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min