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.
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Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1652
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1653
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1654
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1655
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1656
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1657
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1658
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1659
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1660
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1661
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1662
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1663
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1664
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1665
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1666
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1667
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1668
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1669
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1670
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1671
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1672
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1673
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1674
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1675
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min