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
1626
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1627
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1628
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1629
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1630
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1631
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1632
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1633
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1634
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1635
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1636
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1637
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1638
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1639
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1640
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1641
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1642
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1643
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1644
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1645
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1646
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1647
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1648
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1649
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1650
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min