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