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
1426
Thomas Hardy: "The Shadow on the Stone"
4 min
1427
Carolina Coronado: "The Lost Bird"
4 min
1428
Ariana Brown: "For everyone who tried on the sl...
5 min
1429
Afua Ansong: "what we did while waiting for the...
4 min
1430
Jesús I. Valles: "Barnes & Noble, 1999"
3 min
1431
Carolina Ebeid: "from 'Dauerwunder, a brief rec...
5 min
1432
Tobi Kassim: "A Blind Spot, Awash"
3 min
1433
Rafael Arévalo Martínez: "My Life Is a Memory"
3 min
1434
Alfonso Guillén Zelaya: "Lord, I Ask a Garden. ...
4 min
1435
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "Angelica Root"
3 min
1436
Denice Frohman: "The Art of Shooting in the Dark"
3 min
1437
Wo Chan: "Wonder Wheel"
4 min
1438
Anthony Cody: "'Stop. Go put your shoes back on...
3 min
1439
Marwa Helal: "the poem is a dream telling you i...
2 min
1440
Luis Carlos López: "Verses to the Moon"
3 min
1441
Samira Negrouche: "Anna"
6 min
1442
Guest Editor Interview: October 2022 Guest Edit...
32 min
1443
Sarah Mangold: "The Atom No. 18"
2 min
1444
Jacob Griffin Hall: "What Now"
2 min
1445
Lois P. Jones: "Between Fulmination and Adoration"
5 min
1446
Monifa Love: "Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen t...
5 min
1447
Susan Nguyen: "How to Forgive"
3 min
1448
Johannes V. Jensen: "At Memphis Station"
9 min
1449
Najwan Darwish: "Near the Shrine of Saint Naum"
3 min
1450
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: "Conjure"
4 min