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
1651
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1652
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1653
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1654
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1655
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1656
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1657
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1658
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1659
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1660
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1661
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1662
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1663
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1664
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1665
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1666
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1667
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1668
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1669
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1670
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1671
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1672
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1673
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1674
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1675
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min