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
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1427
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1428
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1429
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1430
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1431
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1432
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1433
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1434
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1435
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1436
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1437
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1438
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1439
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1440
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1441
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1442
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1443
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1444
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1445
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1446
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1447
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1448
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1449
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1450
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min