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
1001
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
1002
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
1003
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
1004
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
1005
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
1006
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
1007
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
1008
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
1009
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
1010
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
1011
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
1012
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
1013
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
1014
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
1015
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
1016
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
1017
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
1018
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
1019
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
1020
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
1021
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
1022
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
1023
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
1024
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
1025
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min