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
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Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1352
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1353
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1354
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1355
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1356
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1357
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1358
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1359
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1360
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1361
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1362
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1363
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1364
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1365
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1366
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1367
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1368
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1369
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1370
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1371
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1372
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1373
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1374
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1375
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min