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.
1601
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1602
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1603
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1604
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1605
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1606
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1607
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1608
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1609
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1610
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1611
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1612
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1613
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1614
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1615
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1616
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1617
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1618
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1619
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1620
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1621
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1622
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1623
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1624
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1625
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min