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
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1477
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1478
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1479
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1480
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1481
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1482
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1483
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1484
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1485
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1486
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1487
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1488
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1489
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1490
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1491
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1492
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1493
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1494
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1495
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1496
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1497
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1498
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1499
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1500
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min