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
1576
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1577
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1578
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1579
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1580
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1581
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1582
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1583
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1584
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1585
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1586
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1587
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1588
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1589
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1590
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1591
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1592
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1593
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1594
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1595
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1596
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1597
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1598
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1599
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1600
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min