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