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
1301
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1302
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1303
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1304
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1305
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1306
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1307
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1308
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1309
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1310
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1311
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1312
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1313
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1314
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1315
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1316
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1317
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1318
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1319
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1320
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1321
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1322
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1323
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1324
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1325
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min