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
976
Tiana Clark: "Proof"
4 min
977
Lisa Russ Spaar: "Driving"
3 min
978
Erika L. Sánchez: "Departure"
2 min
979
torrin a. greathouse: "Belt Is Just Another Ver...
4 min
980
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Caprice"
2 min
981
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
982
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
983
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
984
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
985
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
986
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
987
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
988
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
989
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
990
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
991
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
992
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
993
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
994
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
995
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
996
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
997
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
998
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
999
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1000
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min