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
801
S*an D. Henry Smith: "us girls"
3 min
802
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar: "Women of the 1980s"
3 min
803
Salomón de la Selva: "Tropical Town"
3 min
804
Iryna Shuvalova: "a moving grove"
4 min
805
Carmen Giménez: "Ode to People Who Hate Me"
3 min
806
Felicia Zamora: "Inner"
4 min
807
Joan Naviyuk Kane: "After Anchorage IV"
3 min
808
Ching-In Chen: "Breath for Metal"
4 min
809
Natalie Shapero: "Long Week Talking"
2 min
810
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt: "The Palace-Burner"
5 min
811
Edgar Guest: "Home"
4 min
812
Willyce Kim: "Places"
3 min
813
Guest Editor Interview: September 2023 Guest Ed...
17 min
814
M. NourbeSe Philip: "frigates that take us land...
4 min
815
Julie Ezelle-Patton: [Aeons quest eye on]
3 min
816
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
817
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
818
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
819
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
820
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
821
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
822
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
823
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
824
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
825
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min