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
851
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
852
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
853
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
854
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
855
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
856
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
857
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
858
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
859
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
860
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
861
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
862
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
863
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
864
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
865
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
866
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
867
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
868
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
869
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
870
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
871
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
872
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
873
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
874
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
875
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min