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
1051
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
1052
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
1053
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
1054
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
1055
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
1056
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
1057
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
1058
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
1059
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
1060
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
1061
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
1062
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
1063
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
1064
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
1065
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
1066
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
1067
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
1068
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
1069
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
1070
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
1071
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
1072
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
1073
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
1074
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
1075
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min