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
926
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
927
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
928
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
929
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
930
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
931
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
932
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
933
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
934
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
935
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
936
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
937
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
938
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
939
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
940
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
941
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
942
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
943
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
944
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
945
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
946
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
947
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
948
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
949
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
950
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min