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
Nazifa Islam: "Stability Is a Feeling"
2 min
977
Simone Person: "Awkwafina Clarifies That She's ...
3 min
978
The Cyborg Jillian Weise: "Snow Globe of Denver"
2 min
979
Annie Charlotte Dalton: "Marie Bashkirtseff Said"
6 min
980
James Nack: "The Music of Beauty"
2 min
981
Brian Koukol: "Necromancy for the Bitter"
3 min
982
Latif Askia Ba: "Douglass Pool"
3 min
983
Kris Ringman: "Oak Skin"
3 min
984
Abiola Haroun: "Identity Voodoo"
3 min
985
Hayley Broadway: "Power Out!"
2 min
986
Alice Cornelia Jennings: "A Prayer in Signs"
5 min
987
William Gay: "A Sick-Room Idyll"
3 min
988
Guest Editor Interview: July 2023 Guest Editor ...
4 min
989
Rosmarie Waldrop: "A Valentine that Can’t Be Sent"
4 min
990
Cynthia Arrieu-King: "Ming the Clam"
3 min
991
José Felipe Alvergue: "mobile architecture"
5 min
992
Zaina Alsous: "Subjunctive"
3 min
993
Killarney Clary: "[Backlit by the glitter-chopp...
2 min
994
Willa Cather: "The Star Dial"
5 min
995
Arthur Rimbaud: from “A Season in Hell [Deliriu...
6 min
996
D. S. Marriott: "Letter on Alladat"
4 min
997
Chia-Lun Chang: "Vote Your Way to Hell"
3 min
998
Mark Nowak: from "...Again"
3 min
999
Leslie Sainz: "Sonnet for Ochún"
3 min
1000
Chris Nealon: from "All About You"
2 min