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
Lisa Russ Spaar: "Driving"
3 min
1577
Erika L. Sánchez: "Departure"
2 min
1578
torrin a. greathouse: "Belt Is Just Another Ver...
4 min
1579
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Caprice"
2 min
1580
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1581
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1582
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1583
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1584
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1585
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1586
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1587
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1588
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1589
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1590
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1591
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1592
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1593
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1594
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1595
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1596
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1597
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1598
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1599
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1600
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min