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
1351
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1352
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1353
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1354
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1355
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1356
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1357
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1358
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1359
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1360
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1361
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1362
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1363
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1364
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1365
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1366
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1367
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1368
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1369
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1370
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1371
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1372
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1373
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1374
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1375
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min