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
851
James Nack: "The Music of Beauty"
2 min
852
Brian Koukol: "Necromancy for the Bitter"
3 min
853
Latif Askia Ba: "Douglass Pool"
3 min
854
Kris Ringman: "Oak Skin"
3 min
855
Abiola Haroun: "Identity Voodoo"
3 min
856
Hayley Broadway: "Power Out!"
2 min
857
Alice Cornelia Jennings: "A Prayer in Signs"
5 min
858
William Gay: "A Sick-Room Idyll"
3 min
859
Guest Editor Interview: July 2023 Guest Editor ...
4 min
860
Rosmarie Waldrop: "A Valentine that Can’t Be Sent"
4 min
861
Cynthia Arrieu-King: "Ming the Clam"
3 min
862
José Felipe Alvergue: "mobile architecture"
5 min
863
Zaina Alsous: "Subjunctive"
3 min
864
Killarney Clary: "[Backlit by the glitter-chopp...
2 min
865
Willa Cather: "The Star Dial"
5 min
866
Arthur Rimbaud: from “A Season in Hell [Deliriu...
6 min
867
D. S. Marriott: "Letter on Alladat"
4 min
868
Chia-Lun Chang: "Vote Your Way to Hell"
3 min
869
Mark Nowak: from "...Again"
3 min
870
Leslie Sainz: "Sonnet for Ochún"
3 min
871
Chris Nealon: from "All About You"
2 min
872
Michael Field: "[It was deep April, and the morn]"
3 min
873
Oscar Wilde: "The New Remorse"
3 min
874
Wendy Trevino: "Poem"
1 min
875
Bhanu Kapil: "Pilgrimage"
3 min