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
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
727
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
728
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
729
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
730
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
731
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
732
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
733
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
734
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
735
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
736
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
737
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
738
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
739
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
740
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
741
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
742
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
743
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
744
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
745
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
746
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
747
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
748
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
749
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
750
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min