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
1451
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1452
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1453
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1454
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1455
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1456
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1457
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1458
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1459
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1460
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1461
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1462
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1463
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1464
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1465
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1466
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1467
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1468
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1469
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1470
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1471
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1472
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1473
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1474
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1475
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min