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
1551
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1552
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1553
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1554
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1555
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1556
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1557
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1558
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1559
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1560
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1561
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1562
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1563
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1564
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1565
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1566
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1567
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1568
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1569
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1570
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1571
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1572
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1573
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1574
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1575
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min