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
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1627
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1628
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1629
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1630
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1631
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1632
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1633
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1634
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1635
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1636
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1637
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1638
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1639
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1640
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1641
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1642
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1643
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1644
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1645
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1646
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1647
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1648
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1649
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1650
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min