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
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1527
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1528
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1529
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1530
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1531
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1532
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1533
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1534
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1535
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1536
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1537
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1538
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1539
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1540
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1541
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1542
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1543
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1544
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1545
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1546
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1547
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1548
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1549
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1550
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min