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