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
1226
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1227
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1228
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1229
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1230
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1231
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1232
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1233
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1234
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1235
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1236
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1237
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1238
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1239
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1240
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1241
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1242
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1243
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1244
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1245
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1246
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1247
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1248
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1249
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1250
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min