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
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1452
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1453
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1454
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1455
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1456
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1457
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1458
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1459
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1460
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1461
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1462
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1463
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1464
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1465
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1466
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1467
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1468
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1469
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1470
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1471
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1472
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1473
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1474
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1475
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min