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