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