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
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1477
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1478
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1479
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1480
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1481
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1482
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1483
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1484
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1485
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1486
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1487
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1488
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1489
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1490
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1491
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1492
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1493
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1494
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1495
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1496
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1497
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1498
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1499
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1500
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min