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
1026
Ruth Ellen Kocher: "Grow"
4 min
1027
Paul Hlava Ceballos: "ER S/P GSW"
3 min
1028
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Tenebris"
3 min
1029
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
4 min
1030
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
1031
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min
1032
Emily Lee Luan: "The warble of melting snow is ...
3 min
1033
Vickie Vértiz: "Under the Spell of Conjunto"
3 min
1034
Adam J. Gellings: "Somewhere Else"
2 min
1035
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
1036
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
1037
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
1038
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
1039
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
1040
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
1041
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
1042
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
1043
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
1044
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
1045
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
1046
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
1047
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
1048
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
1049
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
1050
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min