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
francine j. harris: "Burden, old story."
3 min
1677
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1678
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1679
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1680
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1681
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1682
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1683
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1684
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1685
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1686
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1687
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1688
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1689
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1690
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1691
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1692
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1693
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1694
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1695
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1696
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1697
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1698
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1699
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1700
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min