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
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
802
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
803
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
804
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
805
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
806
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
807
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
808
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
809
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
810
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
811
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
812
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
813
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
814
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
815
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
816
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
817
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
818
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
819
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
820
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
821
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
822
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
823
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
824
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
825
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min