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