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