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