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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1126
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
1127
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
1128
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
1129
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
1130
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
1131
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
1132
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
1133
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
1134
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
1135
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
1136
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
1137
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
1138
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
1139
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
1140
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
1141
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
1142
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
1143
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
1144
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
1145
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
1146
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
1147
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
1148
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min
1149
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Conjure"
4 min
1150
Stacey Waite: "Men Who Think I Am One of Them S...
2 min