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