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
726
Farid Matuk: "Mimesis"
3 min
727
Thomas Hardy: "The Shadow on the Stone"
4 min
728
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
729
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
730
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
731
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
732
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
733
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
734
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
735
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
736
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
737
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
738
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
739
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
740
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
741
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
742
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
743
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
744
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
745
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
746
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
747
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
748
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
749
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
750
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min