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
1701
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1702
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1703
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1704
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1705
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1706
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1707
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1708
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1709
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1710
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1711
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1712
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1713
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1714
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1715
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1716
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1717
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1718
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1719
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1720
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1721
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1722
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1723
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1724
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1725
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min