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
Leopoldo Lugones: "Journey"
1 min
1627
Edil Hassan: "Under the Tuscan Sun (2003): A Ro...
5 min
1628
Tiana Clark: "Proof"
4 min
1629
Lisa Russ Spaar: "Driving"
3 min
1630
Erika L. Sánchez: "Departure"
2 min
1631
torrin a. greathouse: "Belt Is Just Another Ver...
4 min
1632
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Caprice"
2 min
1633
Narciso Tondreau: "Yesterday and To-Day"
2 min
1634
Shara McCallum: from "Passage"
5 min
1635
Aurielle Marie: "pantoum for aiyana & not a sin...
3 min
1636
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1637
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1638
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1639
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1640
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1641
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1642
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1643
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1644
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1645
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1646
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1647
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1648
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1649
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1650
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min