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
901
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
902
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
903
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
904
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
905
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
906
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
907
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
908
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
909
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
910
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
911
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
912
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
913
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
914
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
915
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
916
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
917
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
918
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
919
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
920
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
921
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
922
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
923
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
924
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min
925
Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,50...
3 min