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
1701
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1702
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1703
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1704
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1705
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1706
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1707
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1708
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1709
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1710
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1711
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1712
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1713
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1714
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1715
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1716
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1717
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1718
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1719
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1720
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1721
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1722
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1723
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1724
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1725
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min