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
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1577
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1578
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1579
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1580
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1581
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1582
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1583
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1584
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1585
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1586
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1587
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1588
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1589
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1590
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1591
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1592
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1593
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1594
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1595
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1596
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1597
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1598
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1599
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1600
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min