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
776
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
777
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
778
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
779
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
780
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
781
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
782
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
783
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
784
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
785
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
786
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
787
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
788
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
789
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
790
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
791
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
792
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
793
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
794
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
795
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
796
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
797
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
798
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
799
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
800
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min