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
1476
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1477
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1478
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1479
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1480
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1481
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1482
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1483
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1484
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1485
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1486
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1487
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1488
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1489
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1490
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1491
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1492
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1493
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1494
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1495
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1496
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1497
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1498
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1499
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1500
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min