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
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1477
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1478
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1479
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1480
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1481
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1482
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1483
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1484
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1485
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1486
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1487
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1488
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1489
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1490
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1491
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1492
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1493
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1494
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1495
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1496
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1497
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1498
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1499
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1500
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min