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 Thea Matthews. 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
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1677
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1678
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1679
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1680
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1681
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1682
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1683
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1684
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1685
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1686
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1687
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1688
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1689
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1690
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1691
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1692
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1693
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1694
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1695
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1696
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1697
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1698
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1699
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1700
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min