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