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
Iryna Shuvalova: "a moving grove"
4 min
952
Carmen Giménez: "Ode to People Who Hate Me"
3 min
953
Felicia Zamora: "Inner"
4 min
954
Joan Naviyuk Kane: "After Anchorage IV"
3 min
955
Ching-In Chen: "Breath for Metal"
4 min
956
Natalie Shapero: "Long Week Talking"
2 min
957
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt: "The Palace-Burner"
5 min
958
Edgar Guest: "Home"
4 min
959
Willyce Kim: "Places"
3 min
960
Guest Editor Interview: September 2023 Guest Ed...
17 min
961
M. NourbeSe Philip: "frigates that take us land...
4 min
962
Julie Ezelle-Patton: [Aeons quest eye on]
3 min
963
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
964
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
965
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
966
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
967
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
968
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
969
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
970
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
971
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
972
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
973
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
974
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
975
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min