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
801
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
4 min
802
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
803
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
804
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
805
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
806
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
807
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
808
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
809
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
810
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
811
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
812
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
813
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
814
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
815
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
816
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
817
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
818
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
819
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
820
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
821
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
822
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
823
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
824
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
825
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min