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