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
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1627
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1628
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1629
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1630
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1631
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1632
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1633
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1634
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1635
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1636
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1637
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1638
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1639
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1640
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1641
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1642
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1643
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1644
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1645
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1646
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1647
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1648
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1649
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1650
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min