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