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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1551
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1552
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1553
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1554
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1555
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1556
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1557
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1558
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1559
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1560
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1561
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1562
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1563
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1564
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1565
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1566
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1567
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1568
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1569
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1570
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1571
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1572
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1573
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1574
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1575
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min