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
976
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
977
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
978
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
979
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
980
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
981
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
982
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
983
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
984
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
985
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
986
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
987
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
988
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
989
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
990
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
991
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
992
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
993
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
994
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
995
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
996
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
997
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
998
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
999
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
1000
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min