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
151
Arthur Symons: "The Crying of Water"
3 min
152
Margaret Widdemer: "The Dark Cavalier"
3 min
153
Mia Kang: "Abracadabra"
3 min
154
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
155
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
156
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
157
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
158
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
159
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
160
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
161
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
162
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
163
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
164
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
165
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
166
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
167
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
168
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
169
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
170
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
171
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
172
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
173
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
174
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
175
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min