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
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Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
952
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
953
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
954
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
955
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
956
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
957
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
958
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
959
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
960
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
961
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
962
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
963
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
964
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
965
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
966
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
967
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
968
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
969
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
970
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
971
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
972
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
973
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min
974
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Conjure"
4 min
975
Stacey Waite: "Men Who Think I Am One of Them S...
2 min