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
826
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
827
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
828
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
829
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
830
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
831
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
832
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
833
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
834
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
835
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
836
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
837
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
838
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
839
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
840
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
841
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
842
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
843
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
844
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
845
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
846
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
847
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
848
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min
849
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Conjure"
4 min
850
Stacey Waite: "Men Who Think I Am One of Them S...
2 min