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
1526
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1527
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1528
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1529
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1530
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1531
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1532
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1533
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1534
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1535
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1536
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1537
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1538
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1539
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1540
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1541
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1542
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1543
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1544
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1545
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1546
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1547
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1548
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1549
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1550
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min