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