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
1201
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
1202
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
1203
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
1204
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
1205
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
1206
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
1207
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
1208
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
1209
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
1210
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
1211
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
1212
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
1213
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
1214
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
1215
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
1216
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
1217
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
1218
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
1219
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
1220
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
1221
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
1222
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min
1223
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Conjure"
4 min
1224
Stacey Waite: "Men Who Think I Am One of Them S...
2 min
1225
Jóhann Hjálmarsson: "Observation Deck"
2 min