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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
51
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
52
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
53
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
54
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
55
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
56
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
57
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
58
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
59
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
60
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
61
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
62
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
63
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
64
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
65
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
66
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
67
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min
68
Louise Bogan: "Cassandra"
2 min
69
Iris Tree: "The Complex Life"
4 min
70
Kelan Nee: "Manifesto"
4 min
71
Victoria Chang: "The Swan, No. 3 (Hilma af Klint)"
3 min
72
Dāshaun Washington: "Half-light"
3 min
73
Kelli Russell Agodon: "Dementia Is a New Way to...
3 min
74
Zeina Hashem Beck: "Standup Sonnet"
4 min
75
Aldous Huxley: "The Burning Wheel"
4 min