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
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Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1477
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1478
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1479
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1480
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1481
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1482
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1483
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1484
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1485
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1486
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1487
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1488
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1489
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1490
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1491
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1492
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1493
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1494
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1495
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1496
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1497
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1498
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1499
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1500
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min