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
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "The Haunted House"
5 min
1202
Jan-Henry Gray: "Ghazal of Oranges"
4 min
1203
Oswaldo Vargas: "Mister"
2 min
1204
Dujie Tahat: "On Desire"
2 min
1205
Alan Pelaez Lopez: "Overalls"
3 min
1206
Anni Liu: "Lake of the Isles"
3 min
1207
John Clare: "An Invite to Eternity"
4 min
1208
Christina Rossetti: "A Coast-Nightmare"
5 min
1209
Laurel Chen: "Greensickness"
4 min
1210
Esther Lin: "Azaleas"
3 min
1211
Aline Mello: "The Immigrant"
3 min
1212
féi hernandez: "Singing Funeral"
4 min
1213
Farid Matuk: "Mimesis"
3 min
1214
Thomas Hardy: "The Shadow on the Stone"
4 min
1215
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
1216
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
1217
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
1218
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
1219
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
1220
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
1221
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
1222
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
1223
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
1224
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
1225
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min