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
1326
Jan-Henry Gray: "Ghazal of Oranges"
4 min
1327
Oswaldo Vargas: "Mister"
2 min
1328
Dujie Tahat: "On Desire"
2 min
1329
Alan Pelaez Lopez: "Overalls"
3 min
1330
Anni Liu: "Lake of the Isles"
3 min
1331
John Clare: "An Invite to Eternity"
4 min
1332
Christina Rossetti: "A Coast-Nightmare"
5 min
1333
Laurel Chen: "Greensickness"
4 min
1334
Esther Lin: "Azaleas"
3 min
1335
Aline Mello: "The Immigrant"
3 min
1336
féi hernandez: "Singing Funeral"
4 min
1337
Farid Matuk: "Mimesis"
3 min
1338
Thomas Hardy: "The Shadow on the Stone"
4 min
1339
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
1340
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
1341
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
1342
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
1343
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
1344
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
1345
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
1346
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
1347
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
1348
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
1349
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
1350
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min