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
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
4 min
852
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
853
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
854
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
855
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
856
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
857
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
858
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
859
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
860
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
861
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
862
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
863
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
864
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
865
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
866
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
867
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
868
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
869
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
870
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
871
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
872
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
873
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
874
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
875
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min