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
1676
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1677
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1678
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1679
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1680
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1681
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1682
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1683
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1684
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1685
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1686
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1687
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1688
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1689
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1690
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1691
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1692
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1693
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1694
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1695
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1696
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1697
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1698
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1699
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1700
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min