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
1501
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1502
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1503
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1504
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1505
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1506
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1507
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1508
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1509
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1510
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1511
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1512
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1513
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1514
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1515
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1516
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1517
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1518
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1519
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1520
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1521
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1522
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1523
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1524
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1525
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min