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
951
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
952
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
953
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
954
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
955
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
956
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
957
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
958
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
959
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
960
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
961
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
962
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
963
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
964
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
965
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
966
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
967
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
968
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
969
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
970
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
971
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
972
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
973
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
974
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
975
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min