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
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Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
752
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
753
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
754
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
755
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
756
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
757
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
758
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
759
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
760
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
761
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
762
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
763
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
764
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
765
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
766
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
767
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
768
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
769
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
770
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
771
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
772
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
773
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min
774
Santee Frazier: "Fugal"
2 min
775
Catherine Chen: "My Poem Asks to Be Read Right ...
3 min