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
1426
Lisa Russ Spaar: "Driving"
3 min
1427
Erika L. Sánchez: "Departure"
2 min
1428
torrin a. greathouse: "Belt Is Just Another Ver...
4 min
1429
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Caprice"
2 min
1430
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1431
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1432
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1433
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1434
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1435
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1436
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1437
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1438
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1439
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1440
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1441
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1442
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1443
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1444
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1445
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1446
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1447
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1448
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1449
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1450
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min