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
1726
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1727
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1728
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1729
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1730
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1731
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1732
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1733
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1734
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1735
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1736
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1737
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1738
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1739
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1740
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1741
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1742
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1743
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1744
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1745
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1746
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1747
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1748
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1749
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1750
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min